LEC-12 Enteroviruses & Polio Flashcards
What are the 4 human picornaviruses?
I. Rhinovirus
II. Enterovirus
III. Hepatovirus
IV. Parechovirus
The human picornaviruses (are/are not) ether stable.
Are ether stable (Viruses that are ether stable DO NOT have an envelope)
(T/F) The human picornaviruses do not have a viral envelope.
True.
The viral binding site of poliovirus is referred to as “The Canyon”. _______________ sites ring the canyon.
Antigenic neutralizing sites
A _____________ pocket is found at the bottom of the Canyon in poliovirus.
Hydrophobic
Poliovirus binds to the ______ receptor in the body.
PVR (Poliovirus receptor)
Coxsackievirus Group B binds to the _____ and ____ receptors in the body.
- hCAR (Human Coxsackie and Adenovirus Receptor)
- DAF (Decay Acceleration Factor)
Human rhinoviruses (major group) bind to the ______ receptor in the body.
ICAM-1
Picornaviruses have (single/double) stranded, (positive/negative) sense (RNA/DNA) genomes.
Single stranded, positive-sense RNA genomes
Which area(s) of the following RNA molecule encodes the picornavirus capsid proteins?
Area P1 (VP1, VP2, VP3, VP4)
Which area(s) of the following RNA molecules encodes nonstructural viral proteins?
Areas P2 and P3
Enteroviruses cleave the _________ protein, completely stopping host cell translation.
EIF-4G
Enteroviruses use intragenomic regions of their RNA to recruit initiation factors and begin an abnormal form of translation known as ________________.
Noncanonical translation
The _________ region of the enterovirus RNA is responsible for the recruitment of initiation factors and beginning of translation.
IRES (Internal ribosome entry site)
The most common seasons for the infection of enteroviruses are _____________ and early ____________.
Summer and early fall
The most common method of transmission for enteroviruses is ____________. Some enteroviruses may also be transmitted through ____________, but this is much less common.
- Fecal-oral = most common
- Respiratory routes = less common
The _________ strain is used in the poliovirus vaccine. It is a(n) (killed/live/attenuated) strain that induces gut and systemic immunity.
- Sabin strain
- Live strain
Poliovirus affects (motor/autonomic/both motor and autonomic) neurons.
Both motor and autonomic
The primary sites of lesions caused by poliovirus are located in the gray matter of the (anterior/posterior) horns of the spinal cord and the (sensory/motor) nuclei of the pons and medulla.
- Anterior horns
- Motor nuclei