Chapter 1 Flashcards

Introduction to Virology

1
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

A

HIV-1 / Retrovirus

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2
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Cervical carcinoma

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HPV types 16, 18, 31 / Papillomavirus

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3
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Cold sores

A

HSV type 1 / Herpesvirus

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4
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Common cold

A

Adenoviruses; Coronaviruses; Rhinoviruses

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5
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Genital Herpes

A

HSV type 2 / Herpesvirus

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6
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SARS

A

SARS coronavirus / Coronavirus

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7
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Warts

A

HPV types 1, 2, 4

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8
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Yellow fever

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Yellow fever virus / Flavivirus

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9
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Rabies vaccine (1885)

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Pasteur

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10
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Filtered tobacco mosaic virus (1892 & 1898)

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Ivanovski & Beijerinck

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11
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Filtered foot-and-mouth disease (1898)

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Loeffler and Frosch

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12
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Smallpox vaccine (1797)

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Jenner

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13
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Crystallization of tobacco mosaic virus (1935)

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Stanley and Northrup

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14
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Studies with bacteriophages (1940s)

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Delbruck and Luria

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15
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Growth of poliovirus in cultured cells (1949)

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Edners, Robbins, Weller

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16
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Filtered yellow fever virus (1900)

A

Finlay and Reed

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17
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Discovery of interferon (1957)

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Isaacs and Lindenmann

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18
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Poliovirus vaccines: killed (1955) and live (1960)

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Salk and Sabin

19
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Reverse transcriptase in retroviruses (1971)

A

Temin and Baltimore

20
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Bacteriophage genes are DNA (1952)

A

Hershey and Chase

21
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Cellular oncogen is part of a retrovirus genome (1976)

A

Bishop and Varmus

22
Q

RNA splicing in adenovirus (1977)

A

Sharp and Roberts

23
Q

Prions as infectious proteins (1975-1990)

A

Prusiner

24
Q

Virus vectors and genetic engineering (1970s)

A

Berg

25
Q

Discovery of AIDS virus (1983)

A

Montagnier and Barre-Sinoussi

26
Q

Plaque assay

A

to count the number of infectious virus particles in a suspension

27
Q

Hemagglutination assays

A

a method of titering viruses that agglutinate red blood cells

28
Q

HPV cause cervical cancer (1972-1984)

A

Hausen

29
Q

Envelop

A

a lipid membrane that, in some cases, encloses the capsid

30
Q

Virion

A

an infectious virus particle

31
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Obligatory intracellular parasites

A

viruses multiply inside cells by expressing and replicating their genomes

32
Q

Casid

A

a protein coat that encloses the genome

33
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Hemorrhagic fevers

A

Dengue virus / Flavivirus

34
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Hepatits

A

Picornavirus / Hepadnavirus / Flavivirus

35
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Influenza

A

Influenza A and B virus / Orthomyxovirus

36
Q

Four cellular machineries needed

A

synthesize polymers; generate usable chemical energy; protein synthesis; membranes for ions and macromolecules

37
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Baltimore classification for (+) ss-RNA

A

1 -> early protein

38
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Baltimore classification for (-) ss-RNA

A

2 -> vRdRp

39
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Baltimore classification for ds-RNA

A

3 -> vRdRp

40
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Baltimore classification for ds-DNA

A

4 -> DdRp

41
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Baltimore classification for ss/ds-DNA

A

7 -> DpDp (RT) -> DdRp

42
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Baltimore classification for ss-DNA

A

5 -> DpDp (RT) -> DdRp

43
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Baltimore classification for (+) ss-RNA (RT)

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6 -> vRdDp (RT) -> DdDp -> DdRp