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Exam 3: Viruses Flashcards

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  • gram pos.
  • rod shaped
  • anaerobic
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clostridium tetani

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  • spore forming bacteria

- description of disease by hippocrates exists from at least far back as 5BC

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clostridium tetani

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clostridium tetani produces a toxin called

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tetanospasmin

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4
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when it comes to clostridium tetani, it has a potent neuotoxin (tetanospasmin) that is similar to

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stychnine

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tetanospasmin is the 2nd highest toxin known next to __ toxin from another Clostrium sp.

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botulinum

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tetanospasmin can lead to ___ failure

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respiratory

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clostridium tetani migrates through the __ __ system and then is transported to the __ ___ system

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peripheral nervous, central nervous

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clostridium tetani causes generalized contracions of the __ and __ musculature

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agonist, antagonist

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tetanic spasms can occur in a distinctive form called __ and be sufficiently severe to fracture long bones

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opisthotonos

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vaccines against tetanospasmin needs to be vaccinated every __ years

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10

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member of the orthmoyxoviridae family

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influenza

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  • enveloped virus with 7 or 8 (-) ssRNA strands

- different strains are identified by 2 envelope proteins

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influenza

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type A influenza infects…? how many segments?

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avian and mammals. 8 RNA segments

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type B influenza infects..? how many segments?

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humans and seals. 8 RNA segments

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type C influenza infects..? how many segments?

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humans and pigs. 7 RNA segments

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major type A epidemics:

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H1N1, H2N2, H3N2, H5N1,H5N7

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caused spanish flu (1918) and swine flu (2009)

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H1N1

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caused Asian flu (1957)

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H2N2

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H3N2 caused what kind of flu?

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Hong Kong flu

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H5N1 caused what kind of flu?

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bird flu

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___ primarily an avian virus but has a very high mortality rate in humans (70%)

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H5N1

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H1N1 may have started in more than one location:

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Haskell county, Kansas, Brest, France

23
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bunyaviridae family

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hantavirus

24
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(-)ssRNA genome segmented

  • 3 RNA strands
  • ambisense
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hantavirus

25
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single stranded genome that contains both positive sense and negative sense

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hantavirus

26
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all bunyavinidae family members are transmitted by arthropods except for

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hantavirus

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member of the paramxoviridae family

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measles

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single -stranded, neg sense, enveloped RNA virus (-ssRNA)

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measles

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___ are the only natural hosts of the virus in measles

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humans

30
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mutation rate of the virus indicates the measles virus emerged from rinderpest virus as __ disease between 1100 to 1200 AD

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zoonotic

31
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who developed vaccine for measles

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Maurice Hilleman

32
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measles attack what cells?

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immune

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