Generalities Flashcards
All viruses have
Protein coat (capsid)
All helical viruses have
Envelope
All enveloped viruses acquire their envelope from plasma membrane, EXCEPT
Herpes Virus (HSV, HHV, VZV, CMV, EBV) Nuclear membrane
All viruses are haploid EXCEPT
Retroviruses (2 copies of positive sense single stranded RNA)
All viruses contain EITHER DNA or RNA, except
Mimivirus
Segmented viral genome: BOAR
Bunya
Orthomyxo (influenza)
Arena
Reo (rota)
Negative stranded RNA:
Always Bring Polymerase Or Fail Replication
(BOARha-PF)
Bunya Orthomyxo - influenza Arena RHAbdo - rabies Parmyxo - pedia Filoooooo - ebola
Live attenuated vaccines
MMR bawal Sa PregnanCY
MMR Smallpox Polio (Sabin) Chicken pox Yellow fever
Killed vaccines
RIP-A
Rabies
Influenza
Polio (salK’s)
A hepa
Only virus with fiber (penton fiber)
Adenovirus
ds, linear DNA virus
with icosahedral nucleocapsid
Intranuclear inclusion bodies
Cowdry type A
Cowdry type B
Owl’s eye
Type A: HSV, VZV
Type B: Adeno, Polio
Owl’s eye: CMV
Most common viral STD
Condylomata accuminata
Genital warts
hPV 6&11
MC cause of infection in organ transplant patients
MC INFECTIOUS* cause of congenital abnormalities
MC cause of blindness in AIDS patients
CMV
Intracytoplasmic inclusions:
Guarnieri bodies
Henderson-Peterson Bodies
Negri bodies in nerve cells
Small pox (Variola) - also seen in nuclei
Molluscum contagiosum
Rabies
1st viral vaccine to prevent cancer
HBV vaccine