Flaviviridae Flashcards by Julie Smith thjømøe | Brainscape

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Flaviviridae - meaning

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flavus - yellow

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morphology

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lineae +ssRNA
icosahedral capsid
enveloped

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resistance

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weak (enveloped)

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replication

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baltimore IV

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transmission

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arboviruses, zoonoses (animal-human)

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general symptoms

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fever, hemorrhage, rash, encephalitis, hepatitis

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antigenic properties

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good antigens, cross reactions within genera

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the 4 genuses of flaviviridae

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Flavi-
Pesti-
Hepaci-
Pegivirus genus

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flavivirus genus; most important diseases

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Tick borne encephalitis viruses
Louping ill
Yellow fever
Dengue fever
west nile virus
zika virus
Japanese encephalitis

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pestivirus genus, most important disease

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• Classical swine fever - Hog cholera
- unstable movements:
• Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD)
• Border disease

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classical swine fever

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haemorrhage, fever

* high morbidity and mortality

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hepacivirus genus, meaning

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Hepar - C (hepaci)

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most important virus species in hepacivirus genus

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hepatitis C virus

chronic infection
human serum hepatitis (ca, eq)

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pegivirus genus meaning

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persisting, G

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pegivirus genus, most important virus species

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Hepatitis G - human

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