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Major RNA viruses Flashcards

1
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What are the components of a naked virus?

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Capsid and nucleic acid

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What are the components of an enveloped virus?

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Envelope of glycoproteins
Spikes
Capsid
Nucleic acid

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How are capsids symmetrical?

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Identical proteins “capsomeres”

Based on icosahedral or helical structure

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What is the purpose of the capsid?

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Protects the genetic material

Recognized when its attached to the host

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What RNA viruses are +ssRNA, enveloped and icosahedral?

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Flavivirdae
Togaviridae
Retroviridae

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What RNA virus is +ssRNA, enveloped and helical?

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Coronaviridae

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What RNA viruses are +ssRNA, nonenveloped and icosahedral?

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Picornvaviridae

Caliciviridae

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What RNA viruses -ssRNA, enveloped and helical?

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Orthomyxoviridae
Paramyxoviridae
Rhabdoviridae
Filoviridae
Bunyaviridae
Arenaviridae
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What RNA viruses are dsDNA, nonenveloped and icosahedral?

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Reoviridiae

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All RNA viruses replicate in the cytoplasm except;

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Orthomyxoviridae and Retroviridae

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All RNA viruses are single stranded except:

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Reoviridae

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12
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All RNA viruses and evveloped except;

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Picornaviridae
Caliciviviridae
Reoviridae

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All -ssRNA viruses are ___ in shape.

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Helical

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14
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Why do RNA viruses have a high rate of mutation?

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Because they lack DNA polymerase

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What are the three genus classifications for Picornaviruses?

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Enterovirus
Rhinovirus
Hepatovirus

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What are the species within enterovirus?

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Poliovirus 1-3
Echovirus 1-34
Coxsackievirus A 1-24
Coxsackievirus B 1-6
Enterovirus 68-71
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What is the species within Rhinovirus?

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Human Rhinovirus 1-115

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What is the species within Hepatovirus?

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Hepatitis A virus

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What are some characteristics of Picornavirus?

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Small is large
Large family
Replicate in cytoplasm
Non-enveloped, +sslinear, icosahedral

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What are the only susceptible host for poliovirus?

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Humans

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21
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The 3 serotypes of polio have ___ homology.

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33-66%

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What are the two vaccine types for polio?

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IVP (Salk) inactive

OPV (Sabin)

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23
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Who many infections of polio are type 1?

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70 - 90%

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How is polio transmitted?

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Ingestion (fecal-oral)

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Where does polio infect once in the body?

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Cells of the oropharyngeal and intestinal mucosa

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Where does polio replicate?

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In the lymph nodes and GALT

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Which is more common, a primary or secondary viremia of polio?

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Primary (95%)

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How many cases of polio spread to the CNS?

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1%

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29
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Where is polio spread?

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Feces

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What are the clinical manifestations of polio?

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Meningitis (aseptic)
Encephalitis
Paralytic poliomyelitis

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If polio has attacked the anterior horn of of the spinal cord what happens?

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Flaccid paralysis

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32
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What happens if polio attacks the medulla?

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Paralysis of the diaphragm - you ded

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33
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What viruses are a common cause of lymphocytic meningitis?

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Enterovirus
Coxsackie virus A & B
Echovirus
Poliovirus
Arbovirus
HIV
HSV-2
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34
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What are the three types of paralytic polio?

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Spinal (80%)
Bulbar (2%) muscle weakness
Bulbospinal (15%) combo of both

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How is polio diagnosed?

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Isolation of virus from stool or CSF

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36
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How is polio treated?

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No specific treatment

  • pain and muscle spasm treatment
  • orthopedic support
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Which of the polio vaccines were effective against all 3 strands?

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Both Salk and Sabin

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What are the good things about OPV for polio?

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Oral
Lifelong immunity
No boosters needed
Contributes to herd immunity

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What are the bad things about OPV for polio?

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Risk of vaccine associated polio

Immunocompromised can’t have it

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What are the good things about IPV for polio?

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No risk of vaccine associated polio
Safe for immmunocompromised
Easier to store and transport

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41
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What are bad things about IPV for polio?

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Booster needed
Injection
Large dose needed

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How is Coxsackievirus transmitted?

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Ingestions (fecal-oral) and highly contagious

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43
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What is the vaccine for coxsackie?

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None

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44
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What is the treatment for coxsackie?

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None

just wash your hands and don’t get it

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What coxsackie virus type causes hand, foot and mouth disease and what are the symptoms?

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A9, A16

Vascular rash on hands, feet, mouth and tongue with mild fever

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46
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What coxsackie virus type causes hemorrhagic conjuctivitis and what are the symptoms?

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A24
Eye pain followed by redness, tears, swelling and sensitivity
Contagious

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What coxsackie virus type causes poliomyelitis like symptoms?

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A7

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48
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What other diseases do coxsackie A virus cause?

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Aseptic meningitis

Herpangina

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What are the characteristics of coxsackie B?

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Worldwide distribution

All but one type found in the US first

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What coxsackie virus type B might be associated with hand, foot and mouth disease?

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B2 and B5

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51
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What coxsackie virus type cases juvenile diabetes (IDDM)?

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B4

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52
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What other diseases does coxsackie type B cause?

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Pleurodynia

Myocarditis

53
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What are the symptoms for herpangina?

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Fever, sore throat, anorexia, vomiting

Vesicular ulcerating lesions on soft palate and uvula

54
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What are the symptoms for pleurodynia?

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Acute onset of fever, unilateral low thoracic chest pain
Pain is called “devil’s grip”
Males have testicular pain

55
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Describe the characteristics of Rhinovirus.

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Most common cause of the common cold
More common in the summer
Infection localized in the nose

56
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How is rhinovirus transmitted?

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Respiratory secretions

57
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What are the symptoms of rhinovirus?

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Runny nose

58
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What is the treatment for rhinovirus?

59
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What was Hepatitis A originally known as?

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Enterovirus 72

60
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How is Hep A transmitted?

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Fecal-Oral

61
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What are the symptoms of Hep A?

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Sudden fever and jaundice

62
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What does Hep A infect?

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Intestinal epithelial cells and spread to liver

63
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What causes the life long immunity to Hep A?

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IgG anti hep A

64
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What is the treatment for Hep A?

65
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What are the characteristics of caliciviridae?

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Naked, Icosahedral +ssRNA

Resistant to heat and detergent but not pH

66
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What is Norovirus associated with in terms of transmission?

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Contaminated water and food supply due to fecal oral transmission

67
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What kind of places would you expect to see norovirus?

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Potlucks and cruise ships

68
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Is norovirus highly contagious?

69
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How do you isolate norovirus?

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The the stool or vomit of infected pts

70
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What does norovirus cause?

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Acute gastroenteritis 12 0 24 hours after ingesting infected substance
Self-limits after 1 or 2 weeks

71
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How can you prevent norovirus?

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Good hygiene

72
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How is Hepatitis E virus transmitted?

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Fecal-oral

73
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What is hep E associate with in terms of transmission?

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Contaminated water and epidemic hepatitis

74
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What happens if a pregnant woman get hep E?

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She has a high chance of dying or will have a spontaneous abortion

75
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Reovirus is very diverse. What can it infect?

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Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians and plants

76
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What does the REO stand for in reovirus?

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Respiratory Enteric Orphan virus

77
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What are the two forms of reovirus humans are mostly infected with?

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Rotavirus

Orbivirus (coltivirus?)

78
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How is rotavirus transmitted?

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Ingestion, fecal to oral

79
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How many children have rotovirus antibodies?

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Almost all of them all over the world

80
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What is the most common cause of death due to infantile diarrhea?

81
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When does rotovirus generally occur during the year?

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Winter

Year round in the tropics

82
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How many type of rotovirus are there and which is the most commmon?

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A, B, C, D, E

A is most common

83
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What does rotovirus type A cause?

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Infantile diarrhea with vomiting and fever

84
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What does rotovirus type B cause?

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Adult onset of severe diarrhea (epidemic in east Asia)

85
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What are the three major type of flavivirdae?

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Pestivirus
Hepatitis C virus
Flavivirus

86
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What are the viruses within flavivirus?

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Yellow fever
Japanese encephalitis
St. Louis encephalitis
West Nile encephalitis
Dengue
87
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How can you classify dengue?

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Enveloped, +ssRNA

88
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What serotypes exists for denge?

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DENV-1, 2, 3, 4

89
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How is denge transmitted?

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Aedes aegypti (mosquito)

90
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What are the typical uncomplicated (classic) symptoms of dengue?

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Fever within 4-7 days exposure 
Severe headache
Severe joint and muscle pain
Nausea and vomiting 
Rash
91
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What are the symptoms of hemorrhagic fever in dengue?

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Symptoms of classic 
Gingival and nasal bleeding
Inc menstrual flow
GI bleeding
Hematuria
92
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How do you diagnose dengue?

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ELISA serology and antigens

Tourniquet test

93
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How is dengue managed?

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Self-limiting fever control (avoid aspirin)
Insect repellent
No antiviral treatment
No vaccine

94
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What virus is a common form of blood-borne hepatitis is hospitals?

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Hepatitis C

95
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What does it mean when Hep C is in the chronic state?

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Cirrhosis
End-stage liver disease
Hepatocellular carcinoma

96
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What is the main symptom of Hep C?

97
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What is the treatment for Hep C?

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Pergylated IFNalpha with ribavirin

98
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What are the who types of togaviridae?

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Rubivirus and Alphavirus

99
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What type of togaviridae is rubella?

100
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What are the different type of alphavirus?

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Chikungunya
Eastern equine encephalitis virus
Western equine encephalitis virus
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus

101
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How is rubella transmitted?

A

Respiratory droplets

102
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How is rubella general transmitted?

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Maculopapular rash that starts on the face and spreaks to trunk then extremities
May have occipital and post auricular lymphadenopathy

103
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Why is rubella dangerous if a pregnant mother contracts it?

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It can cross the placenta is viremic and all germ layers may be infected
The early in the pregnancy the more dangerous it is, vaccine cannot be given

104
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What viruses are included in filoviridae?

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Ebola
Marburg
Cuevavirus

105
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What symptom is associated with the viruses in filoviridae?

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Hemorrhagic fever
Early: muscle aches, fever, vomiting, red eyes, skin rash
Acute: bleeding and skin hemorrhage

106
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What is the treatment and vaccine for filoviridae?

107
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How is orthomyxoviridae characterized?

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Enveloped, -ssRNA, segmented

108
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What are the three types of orthomyxoviridae?

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Influenza A, B and C

109
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Which influenza type infects humans only?

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B

all can infect but B is exclusive

110
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What is antigenic drift?

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Small, constant point mutations
Gradual changes to amino acid composition
Leads to epidemics
Annual vaccinations

111
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Which types of flu participate in antigenic drift?

112
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What is antigenic shift?

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Substitution of a gene segment with segments from another flu virus from a different host = reassortment
Pandemics
Less common

113
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Which type of flu participates in antigenic shift?

114
Q

How do you name a type of influenza?

A

Host origin, geographic location of first encounter, strain number and isolation year
ex. A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)

115
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How is influenza transmitted?

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Person to person, direct contact and aerosol droplets

116
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What does influenza infect in the body?

A

Respiratory epithelial cells

117
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How long does the flu incubate?

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1 to 4 days

118
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What are some complications of the flu?

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Bronchitis and pneumonia

119
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What treatments are there for the flu?

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Amantidine (no longer affective)
Zanamivir (Relenza)
Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)

120
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What type of virus in rubulavirus and what does it cause?

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Paramyxoviridae, mumps

121
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What are the structural components of a paramyxoviridae?

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Surface G protein
Fusion protein
Matrix protein
Phosphoprotein 
Nucleoprotein
Polymerase
122
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What acute viral illness does the mumps cause?

A

Parotitis and orchitis

123
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How are the mumps transmitted?

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Respiratory

124
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What is the incubation period for he mumps? when is it viremic?

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14 - 18 days

12 - 25 days

125
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What are the symptoms of the mumps?

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Nonspecific, myalgia, headache

Parotitis (30-40%)

126
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What type of paramyxoviridae causes the measles?

A

Morbilivirus

127
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What are the clinical signs of the measles?

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Cough, coryza, conjuctivits
Koplic spots
Maculopapular rash

128
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What type of paramyxoviridae causes respiratory syncytial virus?

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Pneumovirus

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