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What are the three main blood bourne viruses?

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Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV

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What type of virus is HBV?

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Hepatitis B virus is a DNA virus from the family hepdnavirus (‘hep’ ‘dna’)

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What type of virus is HCV?

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Hepatitis C virus is an RNA virus, from the family flavivirus

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What type of virus is HIV?

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Retrovirus and is in the lentivirus sumfamily

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What morphological feature do HBC, HCV, and HIV have in common?

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All are enveloped viruses with a lipid outer surface (do not survive well in the environment or stresses such as desiccation)

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What are the three methods of transmission for HBV, HCV, and HIV?

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  1. Penetrative intercourse
  2. Contaminated blood from needles
  3. Vertical (including breast feeding)

NB all 3 viruses can transmit by any of these routes, lots of local variation in epidemiology

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What is principal mode of transmission for HIV?

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Sexual intercourse

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What is principal mode of transmission for HCV?

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Contaminated blood especially IV drug use

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What is principal mode of transmission for HBV?

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Vertical including breastfeeding

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What blood component is tested for a BBV?

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Serum, therefore send a clotted sample to the virology lab

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What can the virology lab test for in a suspected BBV? (4)

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Type of infection

Past or current
Acute or chronic

How much virus is circulating (infectivity)

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What are theranostics?

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Tests specifically done to guide treatment (monitor response to treatment, or drug resistance, or can look at genotype of hep C)

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Which cells are damaged by HBV?

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Hepatocytes (damage done by immune reaction not the virus)

ie if someone is immunosuppressed they will not have disease

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What is the incubation period of HBV?

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6 weeks to 6 months

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Initial symptoms of HBV

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Nonspecific fever and malaise (only half of acute infections cause symptoms)

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Long term effects of chronic HBV infection?

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Chronic active hepatitis
Cirrhosis
Hepatocellular carcinoma

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What is HBsAg? What is it used for?

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Hepatitis B surface antigen, used as diagnostic test for the virus as it is grossly over-produced

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What is HBeAg?

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E antigen is a soluble form of the core antigen of hepatitis B, the part of the virus that is inside the
surface antigen coat. And e antigen is important because it has a tolerogen effect

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What is the toleragen effect of HBeAg?

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The E antigen is a soluble form of the HBV core antigen

It can cross the placenta, causing teh foetus to recognise the e antigen as SELF.

Results in a clonal deletion of lymphocytes that recognise this antigen

Therefore, removes immune response to HBV and the baby gets a chronic infection

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Chance of HBV being transmitted to baby if mother is +ve for HBsAg and not HBeAg?

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<10%

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Chance of HBV being transmitted to baby if mother is +ve for HBsAg AND HBeAg?

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70-90% due to toleragen effect

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What does HBsAg indicate?

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Current infection

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What does HB core antibody (IgG) indicate?

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Past or present infection

if you’ve had Hep B, you’ll ALWAYS have IgG

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What does HB core antigen (IgM) indicate

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Infection in the past 6 months. Disappears after 6 months.

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What does HB e antigen indicate?

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HIGH INFECTIVITY and high grade infection.

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What does anti-HbsAg indicate?

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Immunity to infection (>10 MIU) either naturally or via vaccine

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What does HBV DNA (quantitative) indicate?

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Load test that determines response to treatment.

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Difference between e antigen positive and e antigen negative infection?

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e positive: very infectious and high grade, likely to develop chronic active hepatitis and HCC

e negative: low grade infection and low risk of transmission, not likely to develop symptoms. WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE e ANTIBODY PRESENT.

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29
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What vaccine is used for HBV?

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Genetically modifed vaccine

Uses recombinent portein expressed in yeast and is the surface antigen protein

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30
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What groups are targeted for HBV vaccine in UK?

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Neonates with HBV positive mums

Healthcare workers

Dialysis patients

Contacts of HBV cases

31
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What treatment options are there for HBV? (3)

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Lamivudine (aim is suppression of the virus not cure)

Interferon (aim is cure of high grade infection)

Liver transplant

32
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What are the thernostic tests for HBV?

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Lamivudine resistence

Viral load (HBV DNA)

33
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What cells are damaged by HCV?

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Hepatocytes by BOTH direct viral effects and immune reaction

34
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How many genotypes does HCV have? Which ones are hard and easy to treat?

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6 genotypes

Genotype 1 common in NI, poor response to treatment

Genotype 3, easier to treat

35
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What are the symptoms of HCV in acute phase?

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Asymptomatic (only 10% get symptoms in acute stage)

36
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How many HCV cases become chronic?

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70%!!

37
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Health effects of chronic HCV

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50% chronic active hepatitis
20% cirrhosis (decades after infection)
Around 2% a year get HCC

38
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What does the HCV antibody indicate?

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Past or present infection

39
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What does HCV RNA (by PCR) indicate?

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CURRENT infection

40
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What does the HCV genotype marker indicate?

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Guides treatment duration

Type 1=12 months
Type 3=6 months

41
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What does it mean if patient is HCV antibody positive but HCV PCR negative?

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Past infection

42
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What does it mean if patient is HCV antibody positive and HCV PCR

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Current infection

43
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Treatments for HCV? (3)

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Ribavirin (aim is cure)

Interferon (aim is cure)

Transplant (but it recurs in nearly 100% of cases)

44
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What virus is treated with Ribavirn?

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HCV

45
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What virus is treated with Lamivudine?

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HBV

46
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What can theronostic assays be used for in HCV?

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Genotype detection to guide treatment length

HCV RNA detection by PCR to guide response to treamtment

47
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Which cells are infected by HIV?

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Retrovirus which affects immune cells:

CD4 lymphocytes (T helpers)
Macrophages
48
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Two main subtypes of HIV?

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HIV1 (most cases) and HIV2

49
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How many cases of HIV in NI?

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400 at the RVH

80 new cases a year

50
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What two diseases are caused by HIV?

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Primary HIV infection

AIDS

51
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How long does it take to see a primary HIV infection post exposure?

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10-25 days

52
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Symptoms of primary HIV infection?

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Glandular fever, lymphadenopathy, rash

53
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Opportunistic infections in AIDS? (9)

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Retinitis
Encephalopathy
Lymphoma
TB
CNS infection
Bloody diarrhoea
Oesophageal infection
Pneumonia
Meningitis
54
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What opportunistic infection is caused by JC polyvirus?

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Encephalopathy

55
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What opportunistic infection is caused by EBV?

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Lymphoma

56
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What opportunistic infection is caused by Mycobacteria?

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TB

57
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What opportunistic infection is caused by Toxoplasma?

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CNS infection

58
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What opportunistic infection is caused by Cryptosporidia? (protozoa)

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Bloody diarrhoea

59
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What opportunistic infection is caused by Candida?

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Oesophageal infection

60
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What opportunistic infection is caused by pneumocystis? (fungi)

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Pneumonia

61
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What opportunistic infection is caused by Cryptococcus? (fungi)

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Meningitis

62
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What is the key test for HIV?

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HIV antibody test

63
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What approach is used for HIV testing?

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4 assay approach to reduce risk of false positive

64
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Therapy for HIV?

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Anti-retroviral therapy (ART)

Aim is suppression not cure

65
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What 3 drug classes are used together to treat HIV?

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  • Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
  • Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
  • Protease inhibitors
66
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How can vertical HIV transmission be prevented? (3)

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C-section

Anti retroviral therapy to mother and baby

Avoid breast feeding

Reduces transmission from 16% to 1%

67
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3 theranostic assays used for HIV?

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Viral load (response to treatment)

CD4 lymphocyte count (response to treatment)

Mutational analysis for drug resistance (sequencing viral genome)

68
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Which BBVs have vaccine?

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HBV only

69
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Which BBVS have curative treatment?

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HBV and HCV

70
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Which BBVs have suppressive treatments?

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HBV and HIV

For HCV, aim is cure

71
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Post exposure prophylaxis for HBV?

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Vaccine and IgG

72
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Post exposure prophylaxis for HIV?

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ART drugs for 6 weeks

73
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Post-exposure prophylaxis for HCV?

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None

74
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What is the window period in virus diagnostic testing?

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Period in which patient is infected but no antibodies have developed yet- risk of false negative

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