Neuro Viruses Flashcards
polyomavirus family members
JC and BK
JC structure - nucleic acid
dsDNA, circular
JC and BK epidemiology
primarily causes disease in the IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
JC transmission
respiratory
JC clinical course
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy:
-transplant/AIDS patients
-progressive deterioration in mental function due to inflamed or destroyed OLIGODENDROCYTES
-clumsiness, progressive weakness, changes in vision, speech, and personality
JC infects what cells ?
oligodendrocytes (causing demyelination)
BK infects what organs
KIDNEYS
BK clinical course
-nephropathy and kidney/urinary tract issues
-hemorrhagic cystitis
*classically seen in RENAL TRANSPLANT recipients
picornavirus family members (for neuro disease)
polio
polio structure - nucleic acid
*ss (+) RNA, linear, non-segmented
polio structure
NAKED, icosahedral, small (“pico”)
polio receptor
CD155
polio epidemiology clues
Afghanistan or Pakistan
polio transmission
fecal-oral
polio clinical course
-fever
-aseptic meningitis
*paralytic polio: FLACCID, asymmetric PARALYSIS, no sensory loss
-often asymptomatic though
what does the polio virus target
ANTERIOR HORN MOTOR NEURONS
polio testing
antibody tests
polio vaccines
- killed vaccine (Salk; used in the US)
- live vaccine (Sabin)
flavivirus family members
-Yellow Fever
-Dengue
-Zika
-West Nile
-St. Louis Encephalitis
-Japanese Encephalitis
-Hep C
West Nile reservoir and vector
reservoir = birds
vector = mosquitos
flavivirus structure - nucleic acid
*ss (+) RNA, linear
flavivirus structure
enveloped, icosahedral