Herpes

Question 1

Abbrrivation, common name, latent location of the Human Herpesvirus that causes cold sores, oral ulcers and percent of US people infected

Answer 1

HHV-1
Herpes simplex virus-1
Neuron
67%

Question 2

Abbrrivation, common name, latent location of the Human Herpesvirus that causes Genital herpes

Answer 2

HHV-2
Herpes simplex Virus -2
Neuron
15%

Question 3

Abbrrivation, common name, latent location of the Human Herpesvirus that causes chicken pox and shingles

Answer 3

HHV-3
Varicella-Zoster Virus
Neuron
100%

Question 4

Abbrrivation, common name, latent location of the Human Herpesvirus that causes Infectious Mono. and Burkitt’s lymphoma

Answer 4

HHV-4
Epstein-Barr Virus
B-Cells
mono ->75%
B.L.-> 50%

Question 5

Abbrrivation, common name, latent location of the Human Herpesvirus that causes Congenital infection

Answer 5

HHV 5
Cytomegalovirus
Lymph/Mono.
100% 
Only a problem for a fetus if mother is initially infected while pregnant

Question 6

Abbrrivation, common name, latent location of the Human Herpesvirus that causes Roseola infantum (2 types)

Answer 6

1. HHV-6
latent in mono/macrophages
100%
2. HHV-7
latent in T cells
10%
high fever in babies

Question 7

Abbrrivation, common name, latent location of the Human Herpesvirus that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma

Answer 7

HHV-8
Kaposi’s Sarcoma Virus
Lymphocytes
Only with AIDS patients

Question 8

What is unique about the Herpes virus and how it is formed?

Answer 8

It replicates and assembles in the nucleus then they aquire their envelope (and spikes) BEFORE they reach the cytoplasmic outer membrane. Then exocytosed from cell

Question 9

Where do most antiviral therapies attack?

Answer 9

large dsDNA genome - can lessen viral shedding and recurrence of symptoms - none can cure latent infection