ANTIVIRAL AGENTS And Anti-retroviral Agent Flashcards
Viruses are the smallest living microorganism measuring ____-___nm (30 x 10-9M)in size and cannot reproduce outside their host cells which are usually larger including ______ and _____ cells.
20 – 30
bacteria and human
A _______ is the free-living virus particle outside the host cells.
virion
A virion is the free-living virus particle (inside or outside?) the host cells.
Outside
Virion consists of nuclear material (RNA or DNA) enclosed in a _____ coat known as _____ which may also be surrounded by an external ________ envelope.
protein; capsid
lipoprotein
The capsid together with the RNA/DNA => ___________
nucleocapsid
The capsid is made up of (symmetrical or asymmetrical?) repeating structural units called ___________ .
symmetrical
capsomeres
Some viruses also contain enzymes that initiate their replication in the host cell.
T/F
T
DNA viruses )-
___________ (warts)
________(Shingles, cold sores, glandular fever)
_________ virus (mononucleosis or kissing disease)
_______ virus (chicken pox)
_________(smallpox)
Hepatitis B virus
_________(sore throat, conjunctivitis)
__________(retinitis).
Papillomavirus
Herpesviruses
Epstein-Barr
Varicella zoster
Poxviruses
Adenovirus
cytomegalovirus
DNA viruses (PHEVPHAC)-
Papillomavirus (______)
Herpesviruses (_______,_______ , glandular fever)
Epstein-Barr virus (________ or ____ disease)
Varicella zoster virus (_______)
Poxviruses (smallpox)
Hepatitis B virus
Adenovirus (______ ,_______)
cytomegalovirus (_______).
warts
Shingles, cold sores
mononucleosis; kissing
chicken pox
sore throat, conjunctivitis
retinitis
RNA viruses (RHOEPARPARC)-
_________ (HIV/AIDS, T- cell leukamia)
Hepatitis C virus
_______(influenza A, B and C)
_______(myocarditis)
_________(measles, mumps, respiratory tract infections)
Arboviruses (Yellow fever)
________(rabies)
_________(poliomyelitis)
_______ (meningitis, lassa fever)
_______(German measles) and Coronaviruses (RTI).
Retroviruses; Orthomyxovirus
enterovirus; Paramyxovirus
Rhabdoviruses; Picornaviruses
Arenavirus; Rubella virus
HPV is a (DNA or RNA?) virus which affects human _____ and the _______ that line the body (throat, mouth, feet, fingers, nails, anus and cervix).
DNA
skin; moist membranes
HPV
There are over _____ types, of which ____ can affect the genital area.
Transmission: _____________ with infected person.
Symptoms: Asymptomatic or ________
100; 40
skin to skin sexual contact
appearance of warts.
HPV
Prevention:_______,_______, condoms, reduction of _______
Treatment: _____,________ ,________.
Vaccination, abstinence
sexual partners
cryotherapy, electrodessication, laser surgery
Mention 2 Effective drugs for papilloma virus infection
No effective drugs.
Viral REPLICATION
_______->_______->TRANSLATION- >_______ ->__________
ENTRY
TRANSCRIPTION; ASSEMBLY
BUDDING/RELEASE
Viral Replication : DNA Viruses
Viral DNA enters the host cell ______,
where transcription into ______ occurs catalyzed by the (host or viral?) cell _________.
nucleus; mRNA
host; RNA polymerase
Viral replication: DNA viruses
Translation of the ____ into _____- specific ______ then takes place.
Some of these proteins are enzymes (DNA polymerase) that _____________, as well as proteins comprising the _____ and ______
mRNA; virus; proteins
synthesize more viral DNA
viral coat and envelope.
Viral replication: DNA viruses
After assembly of coat proteins around the viral DNA, complete virions are released by ______ or after _________
budding
host cell lysis.
Viral replication: RNA viruses
Enzymes (____dependent ____ polymerase) within the (virion or host ?) synthesize its _____ from the ____ RNA
template, or sometimes the viral RNA serves as its own mRNA.
RNA; RNA
Virion; mRNA; viral
Viral replication: RNA viruses
mRNA, is translated by the (host or virion?) cell into various enzymes, including ____ polymerase (which directs the synthesis of more viral RNA), and also into structural proteins of the virion.
Host ; RNA
Viral replication: RNA viruses
The viral structural proteins are arranged around the newly formed viral RNA to form new virions which escape by ______ or ______ .
budding or cell lysis
The nucleus is usually not involved in RNA viral replication except for ___________.
orthomyxoviruses
Viral replication
Retroviruses: contain _____——- enzyme (virus ____-dependent ____ polymerase), which makes a ____ copy of the viral RNA.
This new copy is integrated into the genome of the host cell by ____ enzyme to form a ____virus which is transcribed into both ___________ and ________.
The latter is translated into (active or inactive?) proteins which are broken down by the _______ enzymes into structural proteins followed by assembly.
reverse transcriptase
RNA; DNA; DNA
integrase; provirus
new viral RNA & mRNA; inactive
protease
The ability of several viruses to remain dormant and be replicated together with, the host genome is responsible for the _________________ , such as those caused by __________ (cold sores) or the _______ (chickenpox) virus, which recur when _________ is reactivated when the immune system is compromised.
periodic nature of some viral diseases
herpes labialis
varicella zoster ; replication