ANTIVIRAL Flashcards
Smallest of all the self replicating
organisms
Viruses
They utilize host metabolic enzymes
Parasitic
They utilize host ribosome for protein
synthesis
Parasitic
True or False
Virus can replicate outside a
living organism
False; Can’t
True or false
Virus are considered to be
parasitic
True
True or false
Virus can’t pass through bacterial
filters
False; can
STRUCTURE OF VIRUS
Nucleic acid core:
DNA & RNA
STRUCTURE OF VIRUS
Surrounded by protein: _____and sometimes an outer lipid _____
Capsid & Lipid
STRUCTURE OF VIRUS
Complete viral particle:
Virion
an
infection that results in the
production of more viruses than
initiated the infection
Productive infection
the actual number of
infectious viruses produced in an
infected cell
Burst size
basic unit of capsid?
Capsomeres
Capsid contains?
DNA & RNA
Types of DNA Viruses
★ HERpesvirus
★ PAPOVAvirus
★ ADenovirus
★ HEPADnavirus
★ POXvirus
★ PARvovirus
DNA VIRUS
_____oral herpes (cold sores, mouth)
○ it will affect your mouth
HSV-1
DNA VIRUS
_____ genital herpes (genital sores
○ from sexual intercourse
HSV-2
DNA virus that usually go to the weakest
part of your body
HERPES
Causative virus of chickenpox
Varicella Zoster Virus
What type of DNA virus is Varicella Zoster Virus/Chickenpox?
Herpesviridae
A condition of reactivation of the Varicella Zoster Virus?
Shingles
Type of DNA virus responsible for Denguevirus
Flaviviridae
Filoviridae a DNA virus can cause what type of virus?
Ebola & Marburg Virus
Paramyxoviridae a DNA Virus can cause what virus?
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Retroviridae a DNA Virus can cause what virus?
★ Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV)
★ Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)