Mechanism of Viral Infection and Pathogenesis Flashcards
Why do most viruses not infect humans?
β they are adapted to non-human hosts
β they are excluded by surface barriers
βinnate immunity prevents them establishing
β our adaptive immune response has seen something similar
What are 10 common viruses in humans and 2 eradicated ones?
β influenza β cold β measles β mumps β chicken pox/shingles β glandular fever β hepatitis β papilloma β AIDS β Kaposi's sarcoma βsmallpox β polio
What are the 9 sites of microbe entry?
β conjunctive β respiratory tract β alimentary tract β urogenital tract β anus β skin β capillary β scratch, injury β arthropod vector
What is acute infection?
β When there is a large viral load that either gets cleared or death occurs
What are latent reactivating infections similar to?
β acute infections
β burst of viral replication and disease
What are the 8 herpes viruses?
β HHV-1 β HHV-2 β HHV-3 (varicella zoster virus) β HHV-4- epstein barr virus β HHV-5 - CMV β HH-V6 β HHV-7 β HHV-8
Describe how HHV reactivate?
β The viruses travel up neurons and establish a persistent infection where the virus is switched off and the immune system keeps it under control
βThe infections are in dorsal root ganglia and sensory neurons
βWhen there is a secondary stimulus such as immunosuppression then the virus burst out and travel back down the neuron and cause much more specific and localised lesions where the tissue is innervated by an infected neuron
What cells does HIV infect?
β CD4
What cells does HCV infect?
β Hepatocytes and damages the liver
What happens if a baby is infected with congenital rubella in utero?
β virus is seen as self
β the baby is born immunotolerant and the virus continues to replicate and cause damage in neonatal tissues
What constitutes a successful virus?
β one that replicates well enough to spread to the next host
What does pathogenesis result from?
β cell and tissue damage caused by viral infection
What is immunopathology?
β the damage is caused by the hostβs immune system
What % of poliovirus infections are asymptomatic?
β 90%
What are three examples of viruses that cause cytopathic damage?
β Ebola virus
β Influenza A
β RSV
