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2 types of RNA viruses

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Positive and negative stranded

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Which RNA virus strand can immediately be translated?

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positive strand

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Which RNA virus strand cannot be immediately translated?

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negative strand

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What enzyme is necessary for RNA viruses to transcribe a negative strand virus?

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RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

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What enzyme for RNA transcription do humans not possess?

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RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

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This RNA virus can incorporate into the host genome

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retroviruses (like HIV)

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This is the only virus group with a dsRNA genome

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Reoviridae (like rotavirus)

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What type of strand do most DNA viruses have?

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both positive and negative strands

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What makes parvoviruses an exception to DNA virus genome rules?

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they’re ssDNA

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2 types of viral capsids

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icosahedral and helical

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What type of viruses have helical symmetry

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RNA viruses

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Capsid shape of rhabdoviruses (like rabies)

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bullet shaped

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What type of viruses have icosahedral symmetry?

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DNA viruses

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How do viruses acquire a viral envelope

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by budding through a host cell nuclear or cytoplasmic membrane and taking a piece with it

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List the DNA viruses

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think HHAPPPy: Hepadna, Herpes, Adeno, Papova, Parvo, Pox

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List the RNA viruses

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just think it’s everything except HHAPPPy

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4 steps of viral replication

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adsorption and penetration, uncoating of the virus, synthesis and assembly of viral products, and release of virions from the host cell by lysis or budding

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passage of virion from surface of the cell across the cell membrane and into the cytoplasm

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penetration

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cell membrane invaginating that encloses a virion in an endocytic vesicle

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receptor-mediated endocytosis

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How do some enveloped viruses, like HIV, enter a host cell?

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membrane fusion of the viral envelope with the host plasma membrane

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stepwise process of disassembly of a virion that enables the expression of viral genes that carry out replication

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uncoating

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Where do viral DNA transcription and replication occur?

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host cell nucleus

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What form of mRNA codes for capsid structural proteins?

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late mRNA

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2 problems RNA viruses encounter

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no host cell RNA polymerase to use and usually eukaryotic mRNA only produces one polypeptide

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Type I RNA virus replication

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ssRNA with + polarity that replicates via complementary (-) strand intermediate

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Type II RNA virus replication

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ssRNA with - polarity that replicates via a complementary (+) strand intermediate

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Type III RNA virus replication

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Viruses with a dsRNA genome- have to have RNA dependent RNA polymerase/transcriptase in order to transcribe

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Type IV RNA virus replication

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ssRNA of + polarity that is replicated by a DNA intermediate (uses reverse transcriptase, or RNA-dependent DNA polymerase)

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Assembly of RNA viral nucleocapsids happens in the:

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cytoplasm

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30
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Assembly of DNA viral nucleocapsids happens in the:

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nucleus

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Difference in release of naked virions vs enveloped virions

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naked are exocytosed and enveloped virions bud out

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32
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4 possible outcomes from viral infection in a cell

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non permissive (virus can’t replicate or cell dies too fast), permissive (virus replicates but doesn’t do anything), latent viral state, host cell death and viral release through lytic cycle

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viral family that includes all influenza viruses

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orthomyxoviridae

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viral family that includes mumps, measles, RSV, and parainfluenza

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paramyxoviridae

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Flu symptoms that differentiate it from a cold or other viral infection

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muscle aches, high fever, and headaches

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structure of orthomyxoviridae virions

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spherical, with 8 negative stranded RNA with a nucleocapsid with helical symmetry capsid

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2 types of glycoprotein spikes on orthomyxoviridae

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hemagglutinin activity (HA) and neuraminidase activity (NA)

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What does hemagglutinin attach to?

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sialic acid receptors on the surface of erythrocytes

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39
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What does neuraminidase do?

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cleaves neuraminic acid and disrupts the mucin barrier, exposing sialic acid binding sites underneath it

40
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What is critical for the release of newly formed virions from an infected host cell?

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neuraminidase

41
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What protein forms a proton channel and depends on host cell nuclear functions to be transcribed?

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flu M2 protein

42
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What type of influenza affects humans and animals?

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Type A

43
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small changes in HA or NA of influenza that make it slightly different

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antigenic drift

44
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When 2 influenza strains co-infect the same cell, what can happen?

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RNA segments can be mispackaged into the wrong virus and makes a new viral serotype. Called Antigenic Shift

45
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Trading of RNA segments between animal and human flu strains

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antigenic shift

46
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most common cause of human flu

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H1N1

47
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Oseltamivir, zanamivir, and peramivir are what kind of drugs?

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antivirals to treat type A flu that are NA inhibitors

48
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Serotype of bird flu

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H5N1

49
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Differences between paramyxoviridae and orthomyxoviridae structure

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for para, NA and HA are on the same glycoprotein spike, not two separate ones

50
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What protein of paramyxoviridae causes infected host cells to fuse into giant multinucleated cells?

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fusion protein

51
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What protein causes the formation of syncytial cells?

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F-protein

52
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What does RSV lack compared to other paramyxoviridae

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lacks both HA and NA

53
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What virus most frequently affects the parotid glad and testes?

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mumps

54
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What virus has a prodrome period?

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measles

55
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small red lesions with blue-white centers found in the mouth due to Measles infection

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Koplik’s spots

56
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rash that spreads across the entire body with high fever is characteristic of what virus?

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measles

57
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treatments for measles

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post-exposure vaccination and immune serum globulin

58
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Acute viral hepatitis types

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HAV, HBV, HCV, and HDV

59
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Chronic viral hepatitis types

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HBC, HCV, and HDV

60
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Hepatitis type with positive single stranded RNA

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HAV

61
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Diagnosis of hepatitis

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IgM shows acute infection, igG shows old infection and protective abs

62
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structure of HBV

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hepadnavirus- DNA

big virus with enveloped capsid and circular dsDNA

63
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marker for active HBV infection

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HBeAg

64
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methods of transmission of HBV

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mother to baby, sexual, and parenteral

65
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Severe acute hepatitis w rapid liver destruction

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fulminant hepatitis

66
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Disease states caused by HBV

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acute, fulminant, and chronic

67
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leading cause of chronic hepatitis

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HCV

68
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Which hepatitis form needs another hepatitis form in order to infect?

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HDV

69
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What does HDV need in order to infect?

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HBV

70
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3 main concepts of retroviridae

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retro, grow, and blow

71
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capsid proteins of HIV

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p24, p17, p9 and p7

72
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2 HIV lipid membrane proteins

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gp120 and gp41

73
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3 HIV viral proteins essential for replication

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RT, protease, and integrase

74
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Diagnostic tests for HDV infection

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delta antigen and anti-HDV ab

75
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Antibodies against HBsAg is protective against what?

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HBV and HDV

76
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Asymptomatic carriers of HBV never develop what antibodies?

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anti-HBsAg

77
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IgM anti-HBcAg is used to detect what?

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new HBV infection

78
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IgG anti-HBcAg is used to detect what?

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old HBV infection

79
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HbeAg is used to detect what?

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High infectivity of HBV

80
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anti-HBeAg is used to detect what?

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low infectivity of HBV

81
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Genome across all RNA retroviruses

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2 LTRs, gag, pol, and env genes

82
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Genes that flank whole viral genome

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Long terminal repeat sequences (LTRs)

83
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2 functions of retrovirus LTRs

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Sticky ends (insert into host DNA) and promoter/enhancer (bind to LTRs and modify viral DNA transcription)

84
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What does gp120 bind to on cell surface?

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CD4 molecule on surface of T cells, macrophages, and microglia

85
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What does gp41 do?

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mediates fusion of the HIV viral envelope with the cell plasma membrane allowing viral contents to enter

86
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What are CXCR4 (fusin) and CCR5 required for?

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they’re cofactors required for HIV entry into T cells and macrophages

87
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this HIV cofactor enhances the entry of T cell line-tropic HIV isolates

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CXCR4 (fusin)

88
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This HIV cofactor is specific for macrophage line-tropic HIV isolates

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CCR5

89
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Immune response where an infected person first exhibiting detectable levels of anti-HIV abs in their blood serum

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seroconversion

90
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Clinical significance of HIV infection

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T-cell death, multinucleated giant T cells, hypergammaglobulinemia from B lymphocytes, monocytes and macrophages span BBB

91
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Individuals infected with HIV but show no signs of disease progression for 12+ years

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long term non progressors

92
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individuals repeatedly exposed to HIV but never become infected

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highly exposed persistently seronegatives

93
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Therapies under HAART

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AZT, non-nucleoside RT inhibitors (NNRTIs), protease inhibitors

94
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Transmission route of Ebola

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person-to-person contact

95
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What does SARS-CoV-2 bind to?

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ACE2 receptors

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