Herpes Virus Flashcards
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Herpesvirus: Morphology
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- Linear dsDNA
- Icosahedral capsid
- Enveloped
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Herpesvirus: Resistance
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Weak
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Herpesvirus: Biological properties
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- Baltimore I - Cellular transcriptase
- Oncogenic
- Stenoxenous
- Strong CPEs: Inclusion bodies, syncytia, rounding, lysis
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Herpesvirus: Antigenic properties
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- Weak immunogens
- Cross-reactions within genera
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Herpesvirus: Diagnosis
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- Isolation
- Co-cultivation
- NA-hybridisation
- PCR
- VN for identification
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Herpesvirus: Genuses
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- Alphaherpes-:
- Mardi-
- Varicello-
- Ilto-
- Simplex-
- Betaherpes-
- Muromegalo-
- Cytomegalo-
- Roseolo
- Gammaherpes-
- Ictaluri-
- Lymphocrypto-
- Rhadino-
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Simplex-: Examples
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- Bovine herpesmamillitis
- Simian herpes
- Human herpes simplex
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Human herpes simplex: Symptoms
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- Labial + genital lesions
- Keratinitis
- Encephalitis
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Varicello-: Examples
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- Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
- Infectious pustular vulvovaginitis
- Balanopostitis
- Equine abortion/rhinopneumonitis
- Coital exanthema
- Pseudorabies - Aujeszky’s disease
- Canine herpes virus
- Feline rhinotracheitis
- Human Varicella-Zoster
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Mardivirus: Examples
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- Marek’s disease virus
- Turkey herpesvirus
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Cytomegalo-: Species affected
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- Human
- Monkey
- Elephant
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Muromegalo-: Species affected
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Mouse & rat
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Probosci-: Example
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Elephant cytomegalovirus
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Roseolo-: Example
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Human: Roseola infectosa
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Gammaherpes-: Genuses
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- Lymphocrypto-
- Rhadino-
- Ictaluri-