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All them viruses Flashcards

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Picornaviruses

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Positive Strand Viruses
Naked, 12 pentamer virion
-Rhinovirus, Hepatitis A, & Enteroviruses (Polio & Coxsackievirus)

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Flaviviruses

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Positive Strand Viruses
Enveloped, Icosahedral, non-segmented
-Flavivirus, Hepatitis C

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Togaviridae Viruses

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Positive Strand Viruses
Enveloped, icosahedral, non-segmented, produce full-length & sub-genomic length RNA
-Rubella, Alpha Viruses (EEEV, WEEV, Chikungunya)

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Corona Viruses

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Positive Strand Viruses
Enveloped, Resp/GI spread, non-segmented, helical, #2 cause of URI after Rhinoviruses.
-SARS, MERS

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Calcivirus

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Positive Strand Viruses
Naked, icosahedral, non-segmented, VERY stable.
-Norovirus, Hepatitis E

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Rhinovirus

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(+) Strand, Picornavirus
#1 cause of URT, oronasal entry, sensitive to acid (GI)
ICAM-1 & LDLr receptors (alcohol decreases ICAM expression)
Weak immune response & >140 strains.

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Hepatitis A

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(+) Strand, Picornavirus
Highly stable. Fecal:oral, food borne.
Acute, not chronic. No Tx, good vaccine.
Worse in adults -> icteric.
Disease: hepatitis caused by CD8+ t-cells attacking hepatocytes. CTL.
Elevated ALT, IgM for acute disease.
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Polio

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(+) Strand, Picornavirus - Enterovirus
Attack motor end-plate. Flaccid paralysis - poliomyelitis.
No tx, good vaccine. Trivalent

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Coxsackie

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(+) Strand, Picornavirus - Enterovirus
Coxsackie A - Hand, foot, mouth disease
Coxcackie B - Bornholm’s Disease (myalgia)

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Flavivirus Genus

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(+) Strand, Flavivirus Group
Arborvirus
Encephalitis: WNV (#1 virus), St. Louis Encephlitis
Hemorrhagic Fever: Yellow Fever - aedes aegypti, Dengue - DHF/DSS occurs in those with previous exposure, lethal.

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Hepatitis C

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(+) Strand, Flavivirus - Hepacvirus
Chronic, IV transmission.
Tx: 95% effective.
Hepatocyte destruction mediated CD8+ Tcells

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Alpha Togaviridae Viruses

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(+) Strand, Togaviridae Viruses
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus, Western Equine Encephalitis Virus, Chikungunya
Arborvirus via mesquito. Mild fever to encephalitis

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Rubella

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(+) Strand, Togaviridae Viruses
3rd exanthem. Intrauterine, respiratory spread. Congenital defects.
Tx: no antiviral, but MMR

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SARS / MERS

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(+) Strand, Corona Virus
SARS: horseshoe bats. High mortality. Fever, cough, SOB, headache, viral pneumonia. Destroys alveoli, syncytia.
MERS: bats. Similar Sx.

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Norovirus

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"Norwalk & Norwalk-like"
(+) Strand, Caliciviruses
Naked, icosahedral, non-segmented, VERY stable.
F:O, foodborne, P2P.
#1 cause of nonbacterial diarrhea.
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Hepatitis E

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(+) Strand, Caliciviruses

In developing countries, acute hepatitis. Not chronic.

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Orthomyxoviruses

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(-) Strand
Segmented genome (8), helical capsid, enveloped
-Influenza A-C

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Paramyxoviruses

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(-) Strand
Non-segmented, helical capsid, enveloped.
-Mumps, measles, Parainfluenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Metapneumovirus

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Influenza A-C

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(-) Strand, Orthomyxovirus

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Mumps

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(-) Strand, Paramyxovirus

Forms good immunity. Swelling in cheeks and under jaw. Orchitis. Paratoditis. MMR.

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Measles

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(-) Strand, Paramyxovirus
Rubeola - 1st exanthem.
Koplik spots. MMR.

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Parainfluenza Virus 1-4

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(-) Strand, Paramyxovirus
Mild URI for 4.
Serious URI 1-3. Short lived immunity
Leading cause of Croup cough.

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus

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(-) Strand, Paramyxovirus

Bronchiolitis in Lower Respiratory Tract. Kills infected epithelial cells.

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Metapneumovirus

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(-) Strand, Paramyxovirus

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Rabies

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(-) Strand, Rhabdoviridae
Negri bodies, inclusion bodies.
Bite - Muscle replication - nerves - DRG replication - brain.
99% fatal if not treated.
Incubation 20d-1yr
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Rhabdoviridae

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(-) Strand
Enveloped, bullet shaped, helical
-Rabies, Vesicular Stomatitis Virus

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Reoviridae Viruses

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(-) Strand

Naked, icosahedral, segmented, dsRNA

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Bunyaviruses

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(-) Strand
Zoonoses. Enveloped, segmented (L,M,S), helical capsule
-Hanta Virus

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Sin Nombre, Sin Nombre-like, La Crosse

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(-) Strand, Bunyaviru - Hanta virus
Encephalitis. Mice vector. Dead end host.
La Crosse - arborvirus

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Rotavirus, Reovirus

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(-) Strand, Reoviridae Virus
#1 cause gastroentiritis in children. Damages and replicates in GI epithelium
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HSV-1

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DNA Virus - Herpes. Herpes Simplex Virus 1
Multinucleated giant cells & inclusion bodies
Tx: acyclovir, foscarnet. Nucleoside analogs
Trigeminal ganglion latency

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HSV-2

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DNA Virus - Herpes. Herpes Simplex Virus 2
Less prevalent than HSV-1
Treat with nucleoside analog. Resistant to acyclovir in immunocompromised Pt - use Foscarnet.
Spinal ganglion latency

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Varicella Zoster Virus (VCV)

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DNA Virus - Herpes
Chickenpox & Zoster (shingles)
Replicates in Macrophages & pneumocytes

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Ebstein Barr Virus (EBV)

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DNA Virus - Herpes.
Infects oropharynx, moves to Bcells where it replicates & also is latent (swollen LN, spleen). Reactivation in oropharynx
Primary: fever, pharyngitis, lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, atypical lymphocytes (tcells), monospot positive
Reactivation: usually Asx, shedding occurs
No Tx, Vaccine

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Cytomegalovirus

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DNA Virus - Herpes
STI, mucosal. Primary Sx: like mono, negative heterophile, more visceral adenopathy
#1 infection cause of congenital birth difects
Immune impairment: retinitis, GI ulcers, pneumonia, encephalitis
Tx: Ganciclovir

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Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV-6)

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DNA Virus - Herpes
Latency in Tcells, monocytes, macrophages
Roseola (6th exanthem), fever
Tx usually not necessary

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Human Herpes Virus 7 (HHV-7)

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DNA Virus - Herpes

Similar to HHV-6, can cause roseola

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Human Herpes Virus 8 (HHV-8)

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DNA Virus - Herpes
STI associated with AIDS. Latency in Bcells; infects Bcells, endothelium, nn., monocytes. Shed in saliva, semen.
Kaposi’s Sarcoma!
Immune suppression: Castleman’s, Bcell lymphoma, primary effusion lymphoma

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BK Virus

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DNA Virus - Polyoma Virus
Infections & latency in kidney, CNS, bone marrow
Systemic, usually Asx
Causes Urinary Tract Infections

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JC Virus

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DNA Virus - Polyoma Virus
Infections & latency in kidney, CNS, bone marrow
Systemic, usually Asx
Causes PML: progressive multifocal leuckoencephalopathy White matter only.

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Small Pox

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DNA Virus - Pox virus

Pearly, painless, umbilicated lesions.

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Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

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DNA Virus

Koilocytosis CPE

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