Micro - High Yield Virus Genomes and Annoying things that keep coming up

Question 1

What is ICAM-1

Answer 1

Inter Cellular Adhesion Molecule 1

-codes for a cell surface glycoprotein on epithelial cells

Question 2

Which virus is associated with ICAM-1?

Answer 2

Rhinovirus

Question 3

Which fungi is associated with diabetics and have hyphae that branch at 90 degree angles?

Answer 3

Mucor, Rhizopus, Absidia

Cause Mucormycosis

Question 4

PainFUL chancre and lymphadenopathy in male groin

Answer 4

Haemophilus ducreyi

These chancres “do make you cry”

Question 5

Soft chancre looks a lot like syphillus but isn’t

Answer 5

H. ducreyi - ChancrOID disease.

Question 6

It’s not syphillus

It’s not herpes

Answer 6

Chancroid disease caused by Haemophilus ducreyi

Question 7

Asplenics beware of these bugs!

Answer 7

Strep pneumo, H influenza, N. meningitis

“SHiN”

Question 8

Asplenics and Sickle cell beware of this bug!

Answer 8

Salmonella

Question 9

Only RNA virus that replicates in the nucleus

Answer 9

Orthomyxovirus

Question 10

All RNA viruses are single stranded except . . .

Answer 10

ReoVirus. The only Double stranded RNA virus

Question 11

RNA negative viruses cannot be read and must bring their own . . .

Answer 11

RNA polymerases

Question 12

T/F

RNA positive viruses can be read by host machinery

Answer 12

True

Question 13

All RNA viruses replicate in the nucleus EXCEPT

Answer 13

Orthomyxovirus

Question 14

Causes aplastic anemia in sickle cell patients

Answer 14

Parvovirus B19

Question 15

Causes hydrops fetalis

Answer 15

Parvovirus

CMV

Question 16

Cryoglobulins are associated with which Hepatitis?

Answer 16

Hep”C” for “C”ryoglobulins

Question 17

Live attenuated vaccines

Answer 17

Small pox
Yellow fever
Rotavirus
Chicken pox
Polio (Sabin)
MMR 
Intranasal Influenza

Question 18

Killed vaccines

Answer 18

Rabies
Influenza (injected)
Polio (Salk)
hAv

“RIP Always”

Question 19

The only virus to take its coat from the nucleus

Answer 19

herpes

Question 20

All DNA viruses are double stranded EXCEPT this one

Answer 20

Parvoviridae

It’s a small, single stranded “Par t of a virus”

Question 21

All DNA viruses are linear except these 3 “P” viruses

Answer 21

Papilloma
Polyoma
hePadna

Question 22

The only single stranded DNA viruses

Answer 22

Parvoviridae

Question 23

The only circular DNA viruses

Answer 23

Papilloma
Polyoma
hePadna

Question 24

All DNA viruses replicate in the nucleus EXCEPT

Answer 24

Poxvirus

*carries own DNA dependent RNA polymerase (an RNA polymerase that works on DNA as a template)

Question 25

All RNA viruses replicate in the cytoplasm EXCEPT

Answer 25

Retroviruses and Influenza

Question 26

Protozoa that causes intracranial calcifications

Answer 26

Toxoplasma gondii

Question 27

Soap bubbles in the brain

Answer 27

Crypotococcal neoformans

*not dimorphic

Question 28

All DNA viruses are icosahedral EXCEPT

Answer 28

Poxvirus

• complex structure
• also only one that replicates in the cytoplasm

Question 29

All DNA viruses are

HHAPPPPy

Answer 29

Hepadna
Herpes
Adeno
Pox
Parvo
Papilloma
Polyoma

Question 30

Which virus causes Temporal lobe encephalitis?

Answer 30

HSV-1