Exam 3: Viruses

Question 1

• Affects salivary cells spreading to salivary glands
• symptoms: Fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, fever inflamed throat, swollen liver, and rashes.
• Human to human as long as moisture present. So fluids or saliva. Can also get from cups etc.

Answer 1

EBV (Mononucleosis)

Question 2

Look up Hep A and Hep B

Answer 2

-

Question 3

• Enters blood stream and spreads through body leaving rashes on skin
• itchy rashes, tiredness, fever, headache, and loss of appetite
• In air from human to human or by touching infected surface

Answer 3

Varicella zoster (Chickenpox)

Question 4

• Affects peripheral and central nervous system
• Starts as tingling, turns to violent movements, hydrophobia, paralysis and confusion.
• Get through a bite wound with lyssavirus

Answer 4

Rabies (Lyssavirus)

Question 5

• Attacks the brain
• personality changes, anxiety, depression, memory loss, impaired thinking, blurred vision, insomnia, difficult swallowing and speaking, heart attack etc.
• Contamination from one host to another. Has to be mishaped or it will be harmless.

Answer 5

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Question 6

• Affects lymph nodes, liver, spleen and adrenal glad
• sudden fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache, nausea and sore throat. Followed by vomiting, impaired liver and kidneys with possible external bleeding.
• infected animals from slaughtering or consumption, person to person via fluids

Answer 6

Ebola

Question 7

• Lymphoid tissues, reticuloendothelial cells, then to blood
• High fever, cough, runny nose, and red eyes. After this white spots occur in mouth. Can spread to rash on body.
• Through air or on surface. Can live for up to two hours in environment

Answer 7

Measles