NEGATIVE SENSE RNA | ENVELOPED Flashcards
NEGATIVE-SENSE RNA VIRUSES (ENVELOPED)
Paramyxovirus
Rhabdovirus
Filovirus
Orthomyxovirus
Bunyavrius
Arenavirus
Pairing Rats Fight Over Body Arena
NEGATIVE SENSE RNA | ENVELOPED
- Pleomorphic particles, appearing as long (filo) filamentous threads or as Odd shaped form
- longest viruses
- Single-stranded, non-segmented, negative sense RNA, contains 7 genes
- highly virulent (Biosafety level 4)
- Two known filoviruses: Ebola virus and Marburg virus
- Natural host – African fruit bats
FILOVIRUS
FILOVIRUS
filo means
long
FILOVIRUS
biosafety level
* can cause serious or lethal human disease
4
FILOVIRUS
contains ____ genes
7
FILOVIRUS
2 known filoviruses
ebola
marburg
FILOVIRUS
natural host
african fruit bats
c
Marburg and Ebola virus can cause
African Hemorrhagic Fever
FILOVIRUS | CLINICAL FINDINGS | MARBURG
incubation period
3 - 9 days
FILOVIRUS | CLINICAL FINDINGS | EBOLA
incubation period
2 - 21 days
FILOVIRUS | CLINICAL FINDINGS | EBOLA
4 subtypes
Zaire
Sudan
Reston
Ivory
Coast
FILOVIRUS | CLINICAL FINDINGS | EBOLA
causes the most severe human infection
Zaire
FILOVIRUS | CLINICAL FINDINGS | EBOLA
- can be found in the philippines
- only pathogenic to monkeys
reston
FILOVIRUS | CLINICAL FINDINGS | AFRICAN HEMORHAGIC FEVER
transmission
direct contact w blood, body fluids, recently deceased victims
FILOVIRUS | CLINICAL FINDINGS
fever, headache, sore throat, muscle pain followed by abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, rash with both internal and external bleeding, often leading to shock and death
african hemorrhagic fever
FILOVIRUS | CLINICAL FINDINGS | AFRICAN HEMORHAGIC FEVER
bleeding usually occurs in the
skin and GI tract
FILOVIRUS | CLINICAL FINDINGS | AFRICAN HEMORHAGIC FEVER
TREATMENT
NO AVAILABLE ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT
* maintain renal function, electrolyte balance
* combat hemorrhage and shock
FILOVIRUS | CLINICAL FINDINGS | AFRICAN HEMORHAGIC FEVER
caused by
Ebola & Marburg
FILOVIRUS | PATHOGENESIS
viruses are engulfed by
immune cells (dendritic & macrophage)
FILOVIRUS | PATHOGENESIS
ebola use ____ to replicate
dendritic cells
FILOVIRUS | PATHOGENESIS
as virus infects macrophages, it causes an ____ (overraction of the immune system)
outburst
FILOVIRUS | PATHOGENESIS
outburst causes the release of ____
inflammatory cytokines
FILOVIRUS | PATHOGENESIS
the release of cytokines destroys the ____
endothelial cells/blood vessels
also the normal/uninfected cells
FILOVIRUS | PATHOGENESIS
destruction of endothelial cells/blood vessels (also normal/uninfected cells) causes bleeding resulting to ____ due to severe loss of blood that can lead to death
hypovolemic shock
- Influenza virus (cause epidemic and pandemic)
- Three types Influenza A, B, C (human and swine; mild)
- The envelope has** two different types of spikes**
o Hemagglutinin (HA)
o Neuraminidase (NA)
orthomyxovirus
ORTHOMYXOVIRUS
why is it called myxo
it has affinity to mucin