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Lecture 36. Consequence of Infection Flashcards

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What are the modes of virus transmission ?

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  1. Direct contact
  2. Aerosols and droplets
  3. Contaminated surfaces
  4. Vector - mosquito
  5. Mother to child
  6. Bodily fluids
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How do viruses enter the body ?

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  1. Skin
  2. Mucosal surfaces - respiratory, enteric, genital tract
  3. Eyes
  4. Blood
  5. Bites
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What are the common infection patterns of acute infections ?

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  1. Rapid onset of disease

2. Rapid production of virions, followed by clearance and elimination of infection by host

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What are some examples of acute infections ?

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  1. Poliovirus
  2. Influenza
  3. Norovirus
  4. Zika virus
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What are the common patterns of infection of persistent infections ?

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  1. Smouldering infections - low levels replication for many years
  2. Infection not cleared by host
  3. Virions produces continuously or intermittently
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What are some examples of persistent infection ?

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  1. HIV

2. Varicella zoster virus

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What are the two types of persistent viral infections ?

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  1. Chronic infection

2. Latent infection

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What is a chronic persistent infection and give an example ?

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Has a low level replication of viruses in tissues which regenerate.

Papillomavirus and cervical virus

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What is a persistent latent infection and give examples?

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Viral genomes are maintained but virions are not formed until episodes of reactivation

Herpes simplex in cold sores and varicella zoster virus and shingles

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What are the steps in the pyramid of disease severity ?

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  1. Asymptomatic infection
  2. Mild symptoms
  3. Sick
  4. Very sick
  5. Succumbs to virus
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What is the genome of the acute measles infection ?

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Negative sense single stranded RNA genome

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How is acute measles transmitted ?

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Respiratory droplets/aerosols

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What are the symptoms of acute measles ?

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Fever, cough, respiratory infection, leucopenia

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What can persistent measles cause ?

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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

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What does subacute sclerosing panencephalitis cause ?

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Neurological impairment, loss of control of limbs, behavioural problems, impaired eyesight, mental deterioration, seizures, paralysis, death

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What is subacute sclerosing panencephalitis caused by ?

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Persistent defective measles virus infection of the central nervous system

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What can effect the outcome of infection ?

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  1. Virus load
  2. Pathogenicity and virulence
  3. Virus sequence
  4. Host immune response/status
  5. Host co-morbidity (smokes, obese
  6. Co-infections
  7. Other medications
  8. Host genetics
  9. Host age, gender
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What is interesting about the viral load in chicken pox ?

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The first child in a family usually has it mild, the second children has a higher dose of virus and is sicker

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What is pathogenicity ?

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The ability of the virus to cause disease

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What is virulence ?

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Describes the capacity of a virus to cause disease

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What are virulence determinants ?

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  1. Enhance replication
  2. Modify host defense
  3. Facilitate spread - receptor flexibility
  4. Direct toxicity - diarrhoea, vomiting
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What may two strands of poliovirus vary in ?

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Their virulence

23
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What does a single mutation in the genome separate in poliovirus ?

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2 very different strains

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What are the two strains of poliovirus ?

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  1. Attenuated and used as a live vaccine

2. Invades the motorneurons and causes flaccid paralysis

25
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What cancers are viruses a major contributor of ?

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Liver cancer and cervical cancer

26
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What is oncogenesis not required for ?

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Replication of virus

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What is oncogenesis a side effect of ?

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The host response to infection

28
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What do cancer associated viruses induce changes in ?

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Cell cycle control and cell proliferation

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What is viremia ?

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Virus in the blood

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What symptoms does minor poliovirus cause ?

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Sore throat, fever, disease, malaise

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Where does the major poliovirus disease enter ?

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The central nervous system

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Where does major poliovirus replicate ?

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In motor neurons within spinal cord, brain stem or motor cortex

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What are the two types of paralytic polio ?

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  1. Spinal polio

2. Bulbospinal polio

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What is spinal polio ?

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Affects motor neurons responsible for movement of muscles

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What is bulbospinal polio ?

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Affects upper part of cervical spinal cord causing paralysis of the diaphragm - iron lung

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What are some effects of acquired immune deficiency syndrome ?

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  1. Immune deficiency - opportunistic infections and opportunistic cancers
  2. Wasting syndrome - Weight loss and fatigue
  3. Brain- AIDS dementia
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How can you control viral infection ?

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  1. Anti-viral drugs

2. Vaccines

38
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How to reduce animal to human transmission ?

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  1. Identify animal reservoir
  2. Close live animal markets
  3. Slaughter infected animals
  4. Discourage bush meat hunting and selling
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How can you reduce human to human transmission ?

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  1. Condoms , needle exchanges
  2. Alter funeral practices
  3. Travel restrictions
  4. Vaccination and herd immunity
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What are two concepts that apply to vaccines and antiviral drugs ?

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  1. Viruses are obligate, intracellular parasites - any intervention to host virus relationship carries inherent risks for host
  2. Any agent that blocks virus replication or reduces viral pathogenesis imposes selection pressures on the virus that can lead to mutations
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How do antiviral drugs work ?

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By blocking key steps in virus replication cycle

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What must an antiviral compound do ?

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Completely block viral replication

43
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What is not acceptable for an antiviral ?

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Partial inhibition

44
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Why is partial inhibition not an acceptable antiviral ?

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Viruses mutate and develop drug resistance

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What are the covid treatments being approved ?

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Remdesivir

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How is remdesivir delivered ?

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Intravenous

47
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How does remdesivir work ?

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Binds to viral RNA dependent RNA polymerase and inhibits viral replication via premature termination of RNA transcription

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What are the two covid treatments being approved ?

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  1. Molnupiravir

2. Paxloid

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How does molnupiravir work ?

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Acts as adapted ribonucleoside triphosphate when incorporated into RNA by viral RNA dependent RNA polymerase it results in the accumulation of errors in the viral genome, producing non-infectious virus particles

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How Paxloid work ?

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Protease inhibitor prevents the viral protease from cleaving viral polyproteins into functioning individual proteins

51
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What is Paxloid delivered with and why?

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Ritonavir

Slows the breakdown of the protease inhibitor

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What is the aim of a vaccine ?

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  1. Stimulate the immune system
  2. Prevent infection
  3. Prevent the spread of virus within a population

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