Introduction to Virology Flashcards
What are the viruses capable of causing encephalitis? (5)
-JC virus -measles -LCM virus -Arbovirus -Ravies
What are the viruses capable of causing common cold? (3)
-Rhinoviruses -Parainfluenza virus -Respiratory syncytial virus
What are viruses capable of causing pharyngitis? (3)
-Adenovirus -Epstein-Barr virus -Cytomegalovirus
What is the virus capable of causing gingivostomatitis?
herpes simplex type 1
What is the virus capable of causing cardiovascular disease?
Coxsackie B virus
What are the viruses capable of causing Hepatitis? (5)
Hepatitis virus types A, B, C, D, E
What are viruses capable of causing skin infections? (9)
-Varicella zoster virus -Human herpesvirus 6 -smallpox -Molluscum contagiosum -Human papillomavirus -Parvovirus B19 -Rubella -Measles -Coxsackie A virus
What are viruses capable of causing eye infections? (3)
-Herpes simplex virus -Adenovirus -Cytomeglovirus
What is the virus capable of causing parotitis?
-Mumps virus
What are viruses capable of causing pneumonia? (6)
-Influenza virus A and B -Parainfluenza virus -Respiratory syncytial virus -Adenovirus -SARS coronavirus -COVID19
What are viruses capable of causing myelitis? (2)
-Poliovirus -HTLV-1
What are viruses capable of causing gastroenteritis? (5)
-Adenovirus -Rotavirus -Norovirus -Astrovirus -Coronavirus
What are sexually transmitted disease caused by viruses? (3)
-Herpes simplex type 2 -Human papillomavirus -HIV
Wha is the virus that causes pancreatitis?
-Coxsackie B virus
This type of viral RNA genome is able to be directly translated into proteins
sense RNA genome
This type of viral RNA genome must first be reverse-transcribed to produce appropriate mRNA for protein translation.
anti-sense RNA genome
-RNA (template RNA genome)
Nucleic acid inside a protein coat
nucleocapsid
What is the name for viruses whose nucleocapsid is surrounded by a lipid membrane? Wha is the name for viruses whose nucleocapsid is NOT surrounded by a lipid membrane?
Enveloped; Naked
What are the four stages of capsid formation?
Individual proteins –> subunit –> protomers –> capsomeres –> procapsid or capsid
What is the name for an assembled capsid that does not yet include genome?
procapsid
What is an example of a virus that has two lipid bilayer membranes?
Poxvirus
What is the origin of the lipid bilayer envelope surrounding some viruses? When is it acquired?
the host cell membrane, it is acquired as the nucleocapsid buds out
Characteristics of enveloped viruses? (5)
-sensitive to the environment and GI tract -transmission requires close personal or sexual contact -spreads in large droplets, secretions -spread from organ transplant and blood transfusion -critical role of cell-mediated immune response
Characteristics of naked viruses? (5)
-released after lysis of the infected cell -stable (temperature, acid, proteases, detergents, drying) -resistant to poor sewage treatment, GI conditions -Spread easily (fomites, hand to hand, dust, small droplets) -Antibodies may be sufficient for immuno-protection
What are the 4 key steps in viral propagation?
- Recognition fo target cell 2. Attachment, penetration, and uncoating 3. Macromolecular synthesis 4. Assembly and Release
What features are responsible for determining which cell a virus will infect?
Host receptors and Viral Associated protein (VAP)
What is the difference between how naked viruses and enveloped viruses enter a cell?
Naked viruses enter using receptor mediated endocytosis (dumping genome inside) Enveloped viruses fuse with cell membrane to deliver nucleocapsid
What is the name of viral hydrophobic proteins that help the viral genome slip into a host cell?
viropexis
Name the process of nucleocapsid digestion by cellular proteolytic enzymes. What does this accopmlish?
uncoating; this abolishes virus-identifiable structure
What is the time period between uncoating and new virion creation?
Eclipse period
Almost all viruses with DNA genome send their genome to the cell’s nucleus. What is the exception?
poxvirus - they replicate in the cytoplasm