L10 Respiratory Tract Infections: Influenza and Chlamydia Flashcards
Causes of ARD
Rhinoviruses (25%)
Coranoviruses (10%)
Adenoviruses + unknown viruses (30-40%)
Rhinovirus season
endemic and winter
Relationship between cold weather and URI
NO direct causation
Rhinoviruses transmission
Aerosol
person-to-person by HANDS
Fomites: stable, persist in environment
carrier state likely
rhinovirus immunity
transient, 18 months
Acute flaccid myelitis
weakness/paralysis similar to poliovirus
cases started in 2014, mostly children
viral etiology suspected
Acute flaccid myelitis symptoms
difficulty moving eyes drooping eyelids facial droop/weakness difficultly swallowing slurred speech sudden arm/leg weakness
Species of influenza and what defines them
A B C
Their nucleocapsid proteins
Influenza A
the worst influenza
Influenza B
also causes epidemics
Influenza C
weak strain
Antigenic subtypes of influenza are defined by
envelope proteins
large numbers are known
Hemagglutinin
H antigen
Viral attachment
Neuraminidase
N antigen
Viral penetration and release from infected cells
How is an influenza virus named
Type/Location of Discovery/Year/Antigenic type
Ex: A/Spanish/18/HswN1`
influenza incubation
SHORT
1-2 days
very abrupt onset of sx
influenza symptoms
fever
aches
chills
cough
influenza duration
illness for 1 week with long convalescence
Complications of Infuenza
Pneumonias (primary, or secondary bacterial)
Reyes syndrome
Guillain barre syndrome
causes of secondary bacterial pneumonia from influenza
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Staphylococcus aureus
Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib)
Reyes syndrome
associated with many viral infections
influenza A/B or chickenpox in peds patients on long term ASA therapy
edematous encephalitis + fatty alteration of liver
Guillain Barre syndrome
demyelination that sometimes (40%) results from a viral infection, otherwise cause unknown
Recent cause of Guillain Barre syndrome
1976 swine flu vaccine
influenza rapid antigen tests problems
false negatives early in the course of the disease due to low antigen levels
when to vaccinate against the flu
october, before the typical flu season begins
Flu vaccines are
multivalent
2 forms of the flu vaccine
Inactivated Live attenuated (flumist)
elderly patients get a flu shot which is
high potency and adjuvanted form
Flu shots are given
intradermal
Nomenclature shift in flu shots
TIV to IIV (inactivated influenza vaccine)
Quadrivalent influenza vaccine
2 type A viruses and 2 type B viruses
flu shots for children under 9 years old
2 administrations given
the flu shot has reports of
post-vaccine illness and adverse events
how are flu vaccines grown
in embryonated chicken eggs
problems with embryonated chicken egg vaccine production
- allergies to eggs
- production problems
- viruses adapt to eggs and no longer match circulating forms
- what if all chickens die of bird flu?
influenza vaccine target groups
- > 65 years old
- nursing homes
- chronic pulmonary or cardiovascular system disorders
- asthma
- chronic diseases/immunosuppression: DM, renal, hemoglobinemias
- Peds patients on long term ASA therapy (risk for Reye’s syndrome)
point mutations of H or N antigens
minor variation
Antigenic drift
recombination involving entire genome segments encoding H or N gene within virion
implies that mixed infections occur
Antigenic shift
Influenza type A forms
endemic, epidemic, or pandemic
not predictable which it will be
influenza in infants
rare in infants <1 year old
Pandemics are
unpredictable
2009 flu was
Swine flu pandemic emerged out of mexico
H1N1
Influenza-disease-promoting situations
human use of animals and animal products
The chlamydiae
Chlamydia trachomatic
Chlamydia pneumoniae
considered somthing between true bacteria and viruses
The chlamydiae
The chlamydiae life cycle
obligate intraacellular parasites that depend on host ATP
2 forms: EB and RB
Elementary body form
infectious, nongrowing form of chlamydia responsible for dispersal
Reticular body form
growing/vegetative form of chlamydia
C trachomatis
perinatal respiratory infections: infant pneumonia 3 weeks after birth, rhinitis followed by cough, transmitted by mother
induction of reiter’s syndrome after infection with
C trachomatis
infant pneumonia
C trachomatis
serovars of C trachomatis are based on
major outer membrane proteins (MOMP)
serovars of C trachomatis that cause infant pneumonia
B Ba D E F G H I J K
C pneumoniae
recognized as a unique species
single serovar
bronchitits, pneumonia, sinusitis
how to detect C pneumoniae
culture
PCR
Fluorescent antibody
C pneumoniae aka
TWAR
microbe associated with atherosclerosis
C pneumoniae
influenza complications arise due to
viral destruction of mucociliary escalotory system “sets the stage”
Rimantadine, Amantadine
Type A only: stops uncoating/penetration
Use stopped due to resistance
Oseltamivir, Zanamivir, Peramivir
Neuraminidase inhibitors for type A and B
adverse effects of the flu vaccine
pain at site of injection, “flu-like syndrome”
allows type A influenza to cause pandemics by creating novel forms
segmented genome
2017-2018 flu
H3N2
bird flu
H5N1
infant influenza
very rare in <1 year of age, but disproportionately severe