Core Microbiology - Antivirals (3) Flashcards
Acute viral infection
RNA - doesn’t survive long
Examples of acute viral infections
Influenza, measles, mumps, hep A
Chronic viral infection
DNA based, latent or persistent
Chronic latent virus examples
Herpes simplex, CMV
Chronic persistent virus examples
HIV, Hep B, Hep C
Virus structure
Nucleic acid core (DNA/RNA), protein (coat, enzymes), lipid envelope
Virus replication
- Attaches to cell (receptor)
- Cell entry
- Virus uncoating
- Early proteins produced (enzymes)
- Replication
- Late transcription/translation
- Viral assembly
- Virus release
Polymerases
- DNA > DNA (eukaryotes, DNA virus)
- DNA > RNA (eukaryotes, DNA virus)
- RNA > RNA (RNA virus)
- RNA > DNA (retrovirus, HBV)
Nucleotide
Base, ribose sugar, triphosphate
Azidothymidine (AZT)
Inhibits HIV replication (Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor)
NRTIs - pyrimidine analogues
- Thymidine analogues - Zidovudine
2. Cytosine analogues - Lamivudine
NRTIs - Purine analogues
(Adenine and Guanidine) Abacavir, Tenofovir
HBV
Contains reverse transcriptase enzymes - Lamividine and Tenofovir
NNRTIs
Anti-retrovrius, Efavirenz, Nevirapine
Protease inhibitors
Atazanavir, Darunavir, Fospamprenavir, Lopinavir, Nelfinavir, Ritonavir, Saquinavir