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Infection 4) How viruses cause disease Flashcards

1
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What is the basic reproduction number?

A

Approximate measure of how many infections one person will generate during their infectious period

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What protective equipment is used in ebola?

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Medical mask
Surgical cap
Goggles
Overalls
Scrubs
Apron
Double gloves
Boots
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What is a virus made of?

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Nucleic acid
Protein coat
Enveloped / unenveloped

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What is a virion?

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Complete intact virus particle

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5
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Give examples of viral infections that can cause encephalitis / meningitis

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JC virus
Measles
LCM virus
Arbovirus
Rabies
HSV 1/2
VZV
Enteroviruses
Parechoviruses
Mumps
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6
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Give examples of viral infections that can cause a common cold

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Rhinovirus
Parainfluenza virus
Respiratory syncytial virus

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Give examples of viral infections that can cause pharyngitis

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Adenovirus
Epstein-Barr virus
Cytomegalovirus

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8
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Give examples of viral infections that can cause gingivostomatitis

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Herpes simplex type 1

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9
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Give examples of viral infections that can cause cardiovascular infections

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Coxsackie B virus

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10
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Give examples of viral infections that can cause hepatitis

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Hepatitis A,B,C,D,E
HSV 1/2
VZV
CMV / EBV
Enteroviruses
Parechoviruses
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11
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Give examples of viral infections that can cause skin infections

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Varicella zoster virus
Human herpes virus 6
Small pox
Molluscum contagiosum
Human papillomavirus
Parovirus B19
Rubella
Measles
Coxsackie A virus
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Give examples of viral infections that can cause sexually transmitted diseases

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Herpes simplex type 2
Human papillomavirus
HIV

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13
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Give examples of viral infections that can cause pancreatitis

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Coxsackie B virus

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Give examples of viral infections that can cause gastroenteritis

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Adenovirus
Rotavirus
Norovirus
Astrovirus
Coronavirus
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15
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Give examples of viral infections that can cause myelitis

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Poliovirus

HTV-I

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16
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Give examples of viral infections that can cause pneumonia

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Influenza type A and B
Parainfluenza virus
Respiratory syncytial
Adenovirus
SARS coronavirus
17
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Give examples of viral infections that can cause parositis

18
Q

Give examples of viral infections that can cause eye infections

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Herpes simplex
Adenovirus
Cytomegalovirus

19
Q

What are the 2 components of viral disease?

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Effects of viral replication on host

Effects of host response on virus and host

20
Q

What 4 requirements must viruses know to replicate?

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What cells to enter and how
How to replicate inside cell
How to exit and move from 1 infected cell to a new cell and new host
Develop mechanisms to evade host defences

21
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What are the 6 steps of viral pathogenesis?

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Encounter
Entry
Multiplication
Spread
Damage
Outcome
22
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What is apical viral release?

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Facilitates viral dispersal but virus doesn’t invade underlying tissues

23
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What is basolateral viral release?

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Provide access to underlying tissues and facilitates system spread

24
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How can haematogenous spread occur?

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Directly through capillaries
Replicating in endothelial cells
Through vector bite
By lymphatic capillaries

25
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What is viraemia?

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Presence of infectious virus in blood

26
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What is neurotropic?

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Virus can infect neural cells

27
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What is neuroinvasive?

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Virus can enter CNS following infection of peripheral site

28
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What is neurovirulent?

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Virus can cause disease of nervous tissue

29
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What are the 3 determinants of tissue tropism?

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Cell receptors
Cellular proteins that regulate viral transcription
Cell proteases

30
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What is the Baltimore system?

A

Viral classification

Groups viruses into families depending on their type of genome and method of replication

31
Q

Give examples of transmission routes

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Exogenous
Endogenous
Skin / mucous membrane
Respiratory tract
Alimentary tract / faecal oral
Urogenital tract
Eye
Blood borne
Vertical transmission
32
Q

Give an example of a virus that produces immunosuppressive cytokines

33
Q

Describe influenza virus type A

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Matrix protein
Segmented RNA genome
Neuraminidase
Haemagglutinin
M2 ion channel protein
34
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How does influenza virus type A evade host defence mechanisms?

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Change its surface antigens

Antigenic variation in HA and NA - antigenic drift and antigenic shfit

35
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What is antigenic drift?

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Accumulation of mutations within antibody-binding site

36
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What is antigenic shift?

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Sudden shift in antigenic of virus resulting from the recombination of genomes of 2 viral strains

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