Lecture 11 - Parvo and Adeno Viruses Flashcards
What is the smallest DNA virus?
Parvo viruses
4 parvo virus geni?
- Genus Erythrovirus
- Genus Dependovirus (Adeno-associated viruses)
- Genus Densovirus (Insect viruses)
- Genus Bocavirus
2 examples of genus Erythrovirus parvo viruses?
- B19
2. RA-1
Which only 2 parvo viruses can cause disease in humans? What does each cause?
- B19: causes erythema infectiosum, aplastic crisis, and also associated with acute polyarthiritis
- Bocaviruses: causes acute respiratory disease and infection may be severe in children
What do adeno-associated parvo viruses require for replication?
Require a helper virus for replication usually an adeno virus
7 unique properties of parvo viruses?
- Smallest DNA viruses
- Naked icosahedral nucleocapsids (no envelop)
- Single stranded +/- sense DNA with ends of the genome having inverted repeats that hybridize to form hairpin loops => primer for DNA synthesis
- Remain viable even after storage for years
- Can establish latent infections
- Dependoviruses (AAV) require coinfection with adenoviruses, herpesviruses, or poxviruses
- Erythrovirus replication tends to be dependent on helper functions supplied by rapidly growing cells
Where does the name bocavirus come from?
Bovine + canine
Describe the infection of a fetus with B19.
- First trimester: often ends with death
- Second trimester: infection => Hydrops fetalis
- Third trimester: no clinical findings
Describe latently parvo virus infected cells.
Cells latently infected possess integrated parvovirus genomes but are not transformed and have no change in phenotype and non are oncogenic
What is erythrovirus replication dependent on? Implication?
Tends to be dependent on helper functions supplied by rapidly growing cells => found associated with tumors and possess oncolytic properties
What 2 parvo viruses infect humans without causing disease?
- Erythrovirus Lu-111/RA-1
2. Dependovirus AAV serotype 1, 2, 3, and 5 (antibodies prevalent)
How does the B19 parvovirus replicate? 3 steps
- Virus infects progenitor endothelial and placental cells that are mitotically active and express the erythrocyte P antigen through coated pits (on fetal liver and heart, bone marrow, leukemic cells)
- Internalized parvovirus delivers its genome to nucleus where the single-stranded DNA is uncoated and converted to double-stranded DNA by host factors and DNA polymerases only present in growing cells
- Transcription, replication, and assembly occur in the nucleus (translation occurs in cytoplasm to make structural and nonstructural proteins)
- Virus is released by cell lysis through nuclear and cytoplasmic membrane degeneration
Other name for erythrocyte P antigen?
Globoside
Are individuals who lack the P antigen on target cells susceptible to the B19 parvovirus?
NOPE
Transmission routes of parvovirus B19?
- Respiratory droplets
- Oral secretions
- Vertically from mother to fetus
What is important to note regarding the contagious period of the parvovirus B19?
Contagious period precedes symptoms
How does the parvovirus B19 infect a fetus?
It can cross the placenta
What is the parvovirus B19 resistant to? Why?
Inactivation due to its capsid
Who is at risk of parvovirus B19 infection? 4
- Children, especially those in elementary school for erythema infectiosum
- Parents of children with B19 infection
- Pregnant women
- People with chronic anemia for aplastic crisis
Other name for erythema infectiosum?
5th disease
Location of B19 parvovirus?
Worldwide
When is 5th disease more common?
Late winter/spring
Modes of control of B19 parvovirus infections?
NONE
Viral 4 CPE manifestations following B19 pirovirus infection?
Changes in erythroid precursors
- Cytoplasmic giant pronormoblasts in bone marrow
- Pseudopod formation
- Vacuolization
- Margination of nuclear chromatin
% of B19 infections that are asymptommatic?
20-50%
Symptoms of parvovirus B19 infection?
- Mild influenza-like illness (fever, headache, chills, myalgia, malaise)
- Erythema infectiosum
- Transient aplastic crisis in people with chronic anemia (n hemolytic anemia or sickle cell anemia)
- Arthropathy (acute polyarthritis: symptoms in many joints) usually in women lasting for 2 weeks
- Hydrops fetalis: anemia-related pathology
Does hydrops fetalis cause congenital anomalies?
NOPE
Why does the B19 parvovirus cause erythema infectiosum?
- Virus infection of endothelial cells in blood vessels causes a bright red rash associated with erythema infectiosum
- Immune complexes are also responsible
Does B19 parvovirus infection spread to blood?
YUP => viremia
Immune response to B19 parvovirus infection?
Antibody response is important for resolution and prophylaxis
Describe erythema infectiosum. What to note?
Biphasic disease:
- Initial phase is related to viremia and lytic infection => flulike symptoms and viral shedding
- Later phase is non-infectious and related to the immune response => circulating immune complexes of antibody (IgM + IgG) => erythematous maculopapular rash, arthralgia, and arthritis
NOTE: after the initial phase the virus is very difficult to isolate from any site
Why does B19 parvovirus infection lead to aplastic crisis in people with chronic anemia?
Due to the depletion of erythroid precursor cells and the destabilization of erythrocytes
Effect of B19 parvovirus infection on individual without chronic anemia?
Slight drop in hemoglobin level
B19 incubation period?
6 days