micro - viruses Flashcards
exchange of genes b/w 2 chromosomes by crossing over within regions of significant base sequence homology
recombination
viruses w/ segmented genomes exchange segments - high freq recomb
reassortment
cause of worldwide influenza pandemics
reassortment
2 viruses infect cell –> 1 has mutated nonfunctional protein so the second virus makes a functional protein that serves both viruses
complementation
2 viruses infect cell –> share coat proteins but still 2 distinct genetic material
phenotypic mixing
vaccine that induced humoral and cell mediated immunity
live attenuated
what type of immunity does killed/inactivated vaccine induce
humoral immunity
which vaccines dont req a booster
live attentuated
live attenuated vaccines
LIVE! nSYCnS MMRI - small pox, yellow fever, chicken pox (VZV), sabin’s polio virus, measles, mumps, rubella, influenza (intranasal)
live attenuated vaccine that can be given to HIV-positive patients who do not show signs of immunodeficiency
MMR - measles, mumps, rubella
killed vaccines
RIP Always - rabies, influenza (injected), salK polio, HAV
recombinant vaccines
HBV, HPV (6,11,16,18)
the only DNA virus that is ssDNA
parvovirus - part of a virus
the only DNA viruses that are not linear
papilloma, polyoma, and hepadnavirus (circular)
the only RNA virus that is dsRNA
reoviridae
positive stranded RNA viruses
i went to a retro toga party where I drank flavored corona and ate hippy california pickles
retrovirus, togavirus, flavivirus, coronavirus, hepevirus, calicivirus, picornavirus
structure of naked virus
icosahedral capsid and nucleic acid
infectious naked viruses
purified nucleic acid of most dsDNA and positive stranded ssRNA = infectious
noninfectious naked viruses
negative strand ssrNA and dsRNA - req. polymerases contains in complete virion
virus ploidy
all viruses are haploid (1 copy DNA or RNA)
the only virus that is diploid
retrovirus (2 identical ssRNA)
where do DNA viruses replicate
nucleus
the only DNA virus that does not replicate in the nucleus
poxvirus
where do RNA viruses replicate
cytoplasm
the only RNA viruses that do not replicate in the cytoplasm
influenza virus and retrovirus
naked viruses
PAPP smears and CPR to hippys - papillomavirus, adenmoc virus, parvovirus, polyomavirus, calcivirus, picornovirus, reovirus, and hepevirus
where do enveloped viruses acquire their envopes
plasma membranes when they exit from the cell
which viruses acquire their envelopes from nuclear membranes
herpesviruses
naked RNA viruses
CPR (calcivirus, picornovirus, reovirus) and hepevirus
naked DNA viruses
PAPP - papillomavirus, adenmoc virus, parvovirus, polyomavirus
DNA viruses
HHAPPPPy - hepadna, herpes, adeno, pox, parvo, papilloma, polyoma
all DNA viruses aree…
double stranded, linear, icosahedral, replicate in nucleus
herpes viruses
dsDNA, linear, enveloped
HSV1 transmission
resp secretions and saliva
HSV1 diseases
gingivostomatitis, keratoconjunctivitis, temporal lobe encephalitis, herpes labialis
most common cause of sporadic encephalitis in the US
HSV1
where does HSV1 remain latent
trigeminal ganglion
HSV2 route of transmission
sexual contact, perianal
HSV2 diseases
herpes genitalis, neonatal herpes
where does HSV2 remain latent
sacral ganglion
VZV transmission
resp secretions
VZV disease
varicella zoster (chicken pox/shingles), encephalitis, pneumonia
where does VZV remain
dorsal root or trigeminal ganglion
EBV transmission
resp secretions and saliva
EBV diseases
infectious mono, burkitts/hodgkins lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma
where does EBV remain latent
B cells
CMV transmission
congential, trasnfusion, sex, saliva, urine, transplant
CMV disease
congenital infection, mono (negative monospot), pneumonia, retinitis
owls eye inclusions
CMV
where does CMV remain latent
mononuclear cells
mono with negative monospot
CMV
mono with positive monospot
EBV
highly associated with transplants
CMV
HHV-6
roseola - high fevers for several days that can cause seizures –> diffuse macular rash
HHV-8
kaposi’s sarcoma (HIV patients) via sexual contact
test of choice for HSV
PCR
tzanck test
detects multinucleated giant cells (HSV-1,2 and VZV)
intranuclear cowdry A inclusions
HSV
EBV sx
fever, hepatosplenomegaly, pharyngitis, and lymphadenopathy (posterior cervical nodes)
EBV peripheral blood smear
atypical lymphocytes = reactive cytotoxic T cells (hugging of RBC)
EBV test
positive monospot test - heterophile antibodies
also associated with hodgkins and endemic burkitts lymphoma, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma
kissing disease
EBV
hepadnavirus
dsDNA, enveloped, partial circular
HBV - acute/chronic hepatitis
vaccine - HBV surface antigen
has reverse transcriptase
adenovirus
dsDNA linear
febrile pharyngitis - sore throat w/ acute hemoorhagic cystitis
pneumonia
conjunctivitis - pink eye
enveloped DNA viruses
herpes, hepadnovirus and poxvirus
parvovirus characteristics
SS and linear (smallest)
B19 virus
parvovirus
B19 virus sx
aplastic crises in sickle cell disease, SLAPPED CHEEKS rash in kids (erythema infectiosum)
RBC destruction in fetus –> hydrops fetalis + death
pure RBC aplasia and RA-like sx in adults
papillomavirus
dsDNA + circular
HPV - warts (1,2,6,11), CIN
cervical cancer (16,18)
vaccine available
cervical cancer
HPV 16 + 18
polyomavirus
dsDNA + circular
JC virus - progressive multiple leukoencephalopthy (PML) in HIV *junky cerebrum
BK - transplant pts –> kidney *bad kidney
poxvirus
dsDNA + linear, enveloped (largest)
small pox - germ warfare
vaccinia - cowpox (milkmaids blisters)
molluscum contagiosum
poxvirus
flesh-colored dome lesions with central dimple
negative stranded RNA viruses
always bring polymerase or fail replications - arenaviruses, bunyavirus, paramyxovirus, orthomyxomvius, filovirus, rhabdovirus
segmented viruses
only RNA - BOAR –> bunyavirus, orthomyxovirus, arenavirus, reovirus
picornaviruses
PERCH - poliovirus, echovirus, rhinovirus, coxcackievirus, HAV
viral meningitis excpept rihno and hav
enteroviruses (fecal-oral) except rhino
non-enveloped RNA viruses
reovirus, picornavirus, hepevirus, calicivirus
circular RNA viruses
arenavirus, bunyaivurs, delta virus
cause of common cold
rhinovirus
rhinovirus property
acid labile - destroyed by stomach acid (does not infect GI tract)
yellow fever virus transmission
aedes mosquitoes w/ monkey/human reservoir
yellow fever sx
high fever, black vomit, and jaundice *blank and yellowwww
yellow fever is what type of virus
flavivirus
rhinovirus is what type of virus
picornavirus
most impt global cause of infantile gastroenteritis
rotavirus
what type of virus is rotavirus
reovirus (dsRNA)
majory cause of acute diarrhea in US during winter in day-care centers/kindergarden
rotovirus = right out the anus
CDC recommends routine vaccinations of all infants
rotavirus MOA
villous destruction w/ atrophy –> decreased asborption of sodium and loss of K+
influenza virus is what type of virus
orthomyxovirus
enveloped, negative ssRNA with 8-segment genome
influenza antigens
hemagglutinin - viral entry
neuraminidase - progeny virion release
what is patient as risk for with influenza virus
fatal bacterial superinfection
major mode of protection vs influenza
killed viral vaccine
h flu vaccine in kids
live attentuated vaccine intranasally - temp sensitive mutant replicates in the nose but not in the lung
pandemics
genetic shift - more deadly (ohhhh shiffffft!)
epidemics
genetic drift
genetic shift
reassortment of viral genome - high freq recombination
EX: human flu A virus recombines w/ swine flu A virus
genetic drift
minor changes based on random mutation
rubella virus is what type of virus
togavirus
rubella
german 3day measles
fever, postauricular adenopathy, lymphadenopathy, arthralgias
rubella rash
starts at head and mvoes down
rubella congenital disease
torches infection
paramyxoviruses
children diseases –> parainfluenza (croup), mumps, measles
paramyxovirus MOA
surface F (fusion) protein - resp epithelial cells ot fuse and form multinucleated cells
resp tract infection in infants
RSV
seal-like barking cough
croup
palivizumab
monoclonal antibody against F protein
prevents pneumonia caused by RSV infection in premature infants
palivizumab
measles is what type of virus
paramyxovirus
measles characteristics
koplik spots and descending maculopapular rash
RASH = LAST AND PRESENTS HEAD TO TOE
3 c’s = cough, coryza, conjunctivits
possible measles sequale
SSPE (years later), encephalitis, and giant cell pneumonia (immunosuppressed)
what type of virus is mumps virus
paramyxovirus
mumps sx
POM-poms = parotitis, orchitis, aseptic meningitis
***can cause sterility after puberty
bullet-shaped virus
rabies virus
negri bodies
rabies - cytoplasmicinclusions in neurons infected w/ rabies virus
where are negri bodies found
purkinje cells of cerebellum
rabies sx
long incubation period –>fever/malaise –> agitation, photophobia, hydrophobia –> paralysis, coma –> death
rabies post exposure tx
wound cleansing and vaccination with or without rabies immune globulin
how does rabies travel
retrograde fashion up nerve axons –> CNS
where do people get rabies from in US
bat, raccoon and skunk bites
the only DNA hepatitis virus
HBV
signs and symptoms of all hepatitis viruses
fever, jaundice, elevated ALT and AST
HAV
asx, acute, alone (no carriers)
what type of virus is HAV
RNA picornavirus
HAV transmission and incubation
fecal-oral, short (weeks)
what type of virus is HBV
DNA hepadnavirus
HBV transmission and incubation
parenteral, sexual, maternal-fetal
long (months)
hepatitis viruses that have carriers
B, C, D
HBV
HCC risk - integrates into host genome and acts as oncogene
hepatitis viruses that have a risk for HCC
B, C, D
what type of virus is HCV
RNA flavivirus
HCV transmission and incubation
primarily blood, IVDU, post-transfusion
long
HCV associations
chronic, cirrhosis, carcinoma, carrier
HCC risk- from chronic inflammation
what type of virus is HDV
RNA delta virus
HDV transmission and incubation
parental, sexual, maternal-fecal
superinfection (chronic HBV –> HDV) = short
co-infection (acute HBV + HDV) = long
HDV
dependent on HBV
superinfection decreases prognosis
what type of virus is HEV
RNA hepevirus
HEV transmission and incubation
fecal-oral (waterborne epidemics)
short
HEV
high morality in pregnant women
enteric, expectant mothers, epidemic
the fecal-oral hepatitis viruses
HAV + HEV
HBV MOA
virus uses its own DNA-dependent DNA polymerase –> full viral dsDNA –> host RNA polymerase –> mRNA –> viral proteins
hep virus that requires HBV
HDV
hep virus associated w mortality in preggers
HEV
AST > ALT
alcoholic hepatitis
ALT > AST
viral hepatitis
HAV - active
anti-HAV IgM
HAV - prior infection or vaccinated
anti-HAV IgG
protection vs HAV
anti-HAV IgG
HBV infection if you currently have it - acute or chronic (except in window period)
HBsAg
positive in window period of HBV
anti-HBc IgM and anti-HBe
acute/recent infection HBV
anti-HBc IgM
chronic/prior infection HBV
anti-HBc IgG
high transmissability HBV
HBeAg
low transmissability HBV
anti-HBe
immunity to HBV
anti-HBs
present in recovery or immunized
HBV recovery, what is positive
anti-HBs, anti-HBe, anti-HBc IgG
HBV immunization, what is positive
anti-HBs only
HIV envelope proteins and how they are acquired
gp120 + gp 41 - acquired through budding from host cell plasma membrane
diploid genome with 2 molecules of RNA
HIV
what are the 3 structural genes of HIV
env, gag, and pol
what does env code for
envelope proteins = gp 120 and gp41
how is env formed
cleavage of gp160 –> envelope proteins
gp 120
docking glycoprotein - attachment to host CD4+ T cell
gp 41
transmembrane glycoprotein - fusion and entry
what does gag code for
p24 - capsid protein
what does pol code for
reverse transcriptase, aspartate protease + integrase
what does reverse transcriptase do
RNA –> dsDNA - integrates into host genome
what does HIV virus bind
CD4 on T cells and coreceptors CCR5 - early + CXCR4 - late
macrophages - CCR5 + CD4
homozygous CCR5 mutation
immunity
heterozygous CC45 mutation
slower course
HIV screening and confirmatory
ELISA (sens- rule out) –> western blot (spec - rule in)
HIV PCR/viral load
amount of viral RNA in plasma
high viral load = poor prognosis
use viral load to monitor drug therapy effects
AIDS diagnosis
< 200 CD4+ cells (norm = 500-1500)
HIV positive with AIDS-defining condition (pneumocystis pneumonia/PCP) or CD4/CD8 < 1.5
elisa/western blot tests
look for antibodies to viral proteins
falsely negative in first 1-2 months of HIV
falsey positive initially in babies born to infected mothers (anti-gp120 crosses placenta)
HIV CD4 and RNA counts
decreasing CD4 and increasing HIV RNA copies
immunocompromise
<400 CD4
AIDS defining illness
< 200 CD4+
four stages of HIV infection
Flu-like (acute) –> feeling fine (latent) –> falling count –> final crises
what happens during latent phase of HIV
virus replicates in LN
HIV positive adults common diseases
CD4 count decreases - reactivate past infections, dissemination of bact infections and fungal infections + NHL
histoplasma capsulatum in immunocompetent hosts
pulmonary sx
histoplasma capsulatum in HIV
low-grade fevers, cough, hepatosplenomegaly, tongue ulcers
histoplasma capsulatum dx
oval yeast cells within mo, CD4 < 100
oval yeast cells within macrophages
histoplasma capsulatum
fluffy white cottage-cheese lesions bug
candida albicans (thrush)
candida albicans dx
pseudohyphae
oral CD4 < 400
esophageal CD4 < 100
superficial vascular proliferation bug
bartonella henselae (bacillary angiomatosis)
batonella henselae dx
biopsy - neutrophilic inflammation
chronic watery diarrhea bug
cryptosporidium spp
cryptosporidium dx
acid fast cysts in stool CD4 < 200
JC virus reactivation (PML)
encephalopathy
JC virus dx
reactivation of latent virus –> demyelination
CD4 < 200
toxoplasma gondii
abscesses
toxoplasma gondii dx
ring-enhancing lesions on imaging
CD4 < 100
cryptococcus neoformans
meningitis
cryptococcus neoformans dx
india ink stain - yeast with narrow-based budding and large capsule, CD4 < 50
CMV
retinitis
CMV dx
cotton-wool spots on funduscopic exam and may occur w/ esophagitis
CD4 < 50
dementia is directly associated with…
HIV
HHV-8
kaposi’s sarcoma
superficial neoplastic proliferation of vasculature
biopsy of HHV-8
lymphocytic inflammation
hairy leukoplakia
EBV - lateral tongue
where does NHL occur
oropharynx (waldeyers ring)
make be associated with EBV
HPV in AIDS pts
squamous cell carcinoma - in anus (MSM) or cervix (female)
CMV in HIV
interstitial pneumonia
CMV biopsy
cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies = owl’s eye
aspergillus fumigatus
invasive aspergillus
dx aspergillus fumigatus
pleuritic pain, hemoptysis, infiltrates on imaging
pneumocystis jirovecii
pneumonia
CD4 < 200
mycobacterium avium-intracellular
tuberculosis-like disease
CD4 < 50
prion disease
PrPc –> PrPsc (beta-pleated) - transmissible
prion disease MOA
accumulation of PrPsc –> spongiform encephalopathy, dementia, ataxia, cell death
Creutzfeld-jakob disease
rapidly progressive dementia
sporadic prion disease
gerstmann-straussler-scheinker syndrome
inherited prion disease
kuru
acquired prion disease