Intro to virology and laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases Flashcards
Written record of a virus infection consists of a hieroglyph from Memphis, ancient Egypt’s depicting Siptah, a temple
priest showing a typical clinical sign of paralytic disease______
1400 BC
Poliomyelitis.
Pharaoh Ramses V is believed to have died/succumbed to
1196 BC
smallpox
1000 BC
Smallpox was endemic in China, in response, the practice of
_______ was developed.
variolation
spread across Asia
* It was also practiced in Africa and the method varies from region to region.
VARIOLATION
MAY 14, 1976
James Phipps (an 8-year-old) was vaccinated using ______
cowpox infected material of Sarah Nemes (milkmaid).
- Genetic elements that can replicate only inside a living cell
- Dependent on the host cell for energy, metabolic intermediates, and protein synthesis
- All the functions of the host cell are being reserved for its own energy source, purpose, and energy use.
- Possess their own genomes (RNA and DNA)
- Do not grow in artificial media.
o Grow in cell culture, chick embryo, animals. - Small infectious units (measured in nanometer, about 20-300
nm in diameter)
OBLIGATE INTRACELLULAR PARASITES
- is required (only
visualized in electron microscopy)
Electron microscopy
smallest animal virus
Parvovirus
largest animal virus
Poxvirus
Virus types are very specific, and each has a limited number of hosts it can infect; this referred to as
viral tropism
o Capsomeres (made up of protomers;
responsible for the shape of the virus)
o May or may not have an envelope made of lipid
derived from the host cell membrane.
▪ GLYCOPROTEIN SPIKES
o Envelope comes from the host cell
Protective Protein Coat
made up of protomers;
responsible for the shape of the virus
Capsomeres
May or may not have an envelope made of lipid derived from the host cell membrane.
GLYCOPROTEIN SPIKES
are very susceptible to drying and
destruction in the environment, they typically are transmitted by direct contact, such as respiratory, sexual, or parenteral
contact.
- This prevents exposure to the environment and successful propagation of the viral agent to another susceptible host.
Enveloped viruses
Viruses that do not have an envelope are often referred to as _____
- are very resistant to environmental factors.
o Because of their stability, they typically are transmitted by the fecal-oral route
“naked” viruses.
- Protects the viral genome.
- Responsible for the tropism to specific cell types in naked
viruses - Composed of repeating structural subunits (capsomeres)
which associate to form a helical or icosahedral structure. - Irregularly shaped capsids have a helical form of icosahedral
structure - Icosahedral capsids, cubical with 20 flat
VIRAL CAPSID
- Encloses the nucleocapsid
- During the infectious process, enveloped virion bud from the host cells cytoplasmic, nuclear, or endoplasmic reticulum
membrane and a protein of the membrane remains attached to the virion as the viral envelope. - Capsid covers the genome; lipid envelope encloses/covers
nucleocapsid.
LIPID ENVELOPE
Inserted in the viral envelope are viral proteins such as _____
- hemagglutinin (receptor for the host cell; give entry to the host cell) (HA),
- neuramidase (enzyme used to lyse/to
facilitate the exit from the host cell), or glycoprotein spikes
assist in the stabilization of attachment
for the lipid envelope and host cell for viral entry
Glycoprotein spikes
may also be present between the envelope and nucleocapsid which may have enzymatic activities or biological function, e.g., inhibition of host-cell transcription (for the virus to survive inside the host cell)
Matrix protein
- Component: PROTEIN
NAKED CAPSID
Naked capsid environmentally stable to the following
- temperature
- acid
- proteases
- detergents
- drying
- released from cell by lysis
- can dry out and retain infectivity
- can be spread easily (on fomites, from hand to hand, by dust,
by small droplets - can survive the adverse conditions of the gut
- can be resistant to detergents and poor sewage treatment
- antibody may be sufficient for immunoprotection (vaccination
to protect from naked viruses) - ex. Poliovirus (transmitted orally, but can be protected by
polio vax) - only released by cell lysis
NAKED CAPSID PROPERTIES
ENVELOPE CAPSID COMPONENT
- Membrane lipids
- Proteins
- Glycoproteins
Envelop capsid Environmentally LIABLE – disrupted by the following:
- Acid
- Detergents
- Drying and heat
Mode of entry: blood transfusion – so gastrointestinal is not
affected.
- modifies cell membrane during replication.
- released by budding and cell lysis.
- must stay wet (para di mamatay)
- spreads in large droplets, secretion, organ transplants, and
blood transfusions - cannot survive the gastrointestinal tract.
- Does not need to kill the cell to spread.
- may need antibody and cell-mediated immune response for
protection and control. - Elicits hypersensitivity and inflammation to cause immunopathogenesis.
- Viruses can produce neoantigens.
Envelope capsid properties