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Human Echoviruses Flashcards

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Classification

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Family: Picornaviridae

Genus: Enterovirus

Species: echo virus

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Characteristics

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Naked
\+ssRNA
No virion polymerase
Cytoplasmic replication 
Many serotypes
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Transmission

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Faecal oral route

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Pathogenesis

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Replication:
Oropharynx
Payer’s patches (GIT)

Primary viremia:
Bloodstream

Secondary viremia:
Meninges
Skin
Muscles

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diseases

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Rashes (young children)
Respiratory diseases
Aseptic meningitis (young children)
Pericarditis

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Microscopical diagnosis

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Cell cultures in monkey kidney tissue —> CPE

Identification —> neutralisation tests

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Treatment and prevention

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No antiviral therapy available

No vaccine available

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