Mumps & RSV Flashcards
Rubulavirus
mumps
Which is not a property of mumps A. Naked B. Positive sense C. dsRNA D. all of above
D. baliktarin mo lahat except RNA lols
Characteristic symptoms of Mumps
Parotitis or Chipmunk stage
Symptoms of mumps appear
16-18 days after infection
Parotitis infectious stage
5 days before and after appearance
Complications of mumps
deafness, viral meningitis, encephalitis
for mumps Kids usually have parotits; but males and females have
orchitis (Testis); mastits and oophoritis (mammary and ovaries)
Period where mumps spreads to spleen and lymphoid tissue
7-10 day
viremia occurs ___ days after mumps virus spread to lymphoid
15
Mumps grows and replicates in pharynx
F, salivary glands and local lymph tissue
Optimal timing for mumps species collection
Acute phase
2nd serum sample in convalescent phase if conditions arise:
-negative AP, -negative RT PCR/ di pa nagagawa
best way to diagnose mumps
Culturing in appropriate cell lines (Primary monkey kidney cells, vero cells)
Bakit weird ang mumps
Highest Ab titer among UNvaccinated
RSV
causes bronchiolitis in children under three; nearly universal by age of 2