Block 3 Flashcards
VIRUS PATHOGENESIS
The ability of a virus to cause disease in the host is called?
Pathogenicity
VIRUS PATHOGENESIS
the manner/mechanism of development of a disease is called?
pathogenesis
VIRUS PATHOGENESIS
DOSE OF THE VIRUS THAT WILL INFECT 50% OF AN
EXPERIMENTAL GROUP is called?
INFECTIOUS DOSE 50 (ID50):
VIRUS PATHOGENESIS
DEGREE OF PATHOGENICITY (NOT AN ABSOLUTE PROPERTY OF A VIRUS).
VIRULENCE
VIRUS PATHOGENESIS
NOT VIRULENT/NOT HARMFUL
AVIRULENT
VIRUS PATHOGENESIS
DOSE OF VIRUS REQUIRED TO CAUSE DEATH IN 50% OF ANIMALS
is this exact? or approximate?
LETHAL DOSE (LD50):
* THIS IS ONLY AN ESTIMATION
VIRUS PATHOGENESIS
- THE LOWER or HIGER THE ID50 AND LD50 THE MORE VIRULENT?
LOWER
VIRUS PATHOGENESIS
NAME 4
THE SKIN
GI TRACT
MUCOUS MEMBRANES
RESPIRATORY TRACT
ROUTES OF ENTRY
THE SKIN
NAME 2 WAYS
- BITES OF AN ARTHROPOD/INFECTED ANIMAL
- CONTAMINATED OBJECTS (EX: HEP C
CONTAMINATED NEEDLE)
ROUTES OF ENTRY
THE SKIN
WHAT ARE 6 DEFENSES OF THE SKIN?
- DENSE OUTER LAYER OF THE KERATIN
- LOW PH
- PRESENCE OF FATTY ACIDS
- BACTERIAL FLORA
- DRYNESS
- COMPONENTS OF INNATE AND ADAPTIVE
IMMUNITY
ROUTES OF ENTRY
GI TRACT
WHAT ARE 9?
HINT: MUCUS MEMBRANE OF WHAT?
ACIDITY OF WHAT?
ALKALINITY OF WHAT?
LAYER OF MUCUS COVERING WHAT?
LIPOLTIC ACTIVITY OF WHAT
PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF WHAT
CYSTEINE RICH PROTIENS CALLED WHAT?
2 OTHERS …
- MUCOUS MEMBRANES OF ORAL CAVITY AND
ESOPHAGUS - ACIDITY OF STOMACH
- ALKALINITY OF INTESTINES
- LAYER OF MUCOUS COVERING THE GUT
- LIPOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF BILE
- PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF PANCREATIC ENZYMES
- DEFENSINS
- IGA
- SCAVENGING MACROPHAGES
ROUTES OF ENTRY
RESPIRATORY TRACT
NAME 5 DEFENSES
- MUCOCILIARY BLANKET
- ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES
- NALT (NASAL ASSOCIATED LYMPH TISSUE)
- BALT (BRONCHUS-ASSOCIATED LYMPH
TISSUE)
*** TEMPERATURE GRADIENT **
VIRAL SPREAD IN HOST
WHAT IS INFECTION SPREADS BEYOND
PRIMARY SITE
DISSEMINATED INFECTION
VIRAL SPREAD IN HOST
WHAT IS # OF ORGANS/TISSUES ARE
INFECTED
SYSTEMIC INFECTION
VIRAL SPREAD IN HOST
WHAT FACILITATES DISPERSAL
APICAL RELEASE
VIRAL SPREAD IN HOST
WHAT FACILITATES SYSTEMIC SPREAD
BASOLATERAL RELEASE:
VIRAL SPREAD IN HOST
SPECIFICITY OR AFFINITY TO A PARTICULAR HOST
TISSUE
TROPISM
VIRAL SPREAD IN HOST
REPLICATE IN MORE THEN ONE HOST
ORGAN/TISSUE
PANTROPIC
VIREMIA
PRESENCE OF VIRUS IN THE BLOOD
VIREMIA
VIREMIA
WHAT IS PRIMARY?
WHAT IS SECONDARY?
- PRIMARY: INITIAL ENTRY OF VIRUS INTO BLOOD
- SECONDARY: VIRUS REPLICATED IN ORGANS AND
ENTERED CIRCULATION ONCE AGAIN
VIREMIA
what is active?
what is passive?
ACTIVE: VIREMIA FOLLOWING INITIAL VIRUS REPLICATION
(MOSQUITOS BITES CAN TRANSMIT DIRECTLY TO BLOOD)
* PASSIVE: DIRECT INOCULATION (BITE OR SYRINGE)- NO
PRIOR REPLICATION
VIREMIA
can mosquito bites transmit some viruses directly to the blood? is the called active viremia?
I say Yes you didn’t say
SPREAD VIA NERVES
VIRUS THAT CAN INFECT NEURAL CELLS BY
NEURAL OR HEMATOGENOUS SPREAD
- NEUROTROPIC
SPREAD VIA NERVES
ENTERS CNS AFTER INFECTION OF PERIPHERAL
SITE
NEURO-INVASIVE