Orthomyxoviruses Flashcards
Orthomyxovirus shape
pleomorphic
Orthomyxoviruses cause ___ and ____ infections
URI and LRI
______ is the most common complication of Orthomyxovirus
Pneumonia
Orthomyxovirus types
Influenza A, B, C
Influenza type ___ is the most virulent
A
Who does Influenza A infect?
humans and wide variety of animals (Birds, swine, seals, horses)
Who does Influenza B infect?
Only humans
Who does Influenza C infect?
Humans and Swine
Rarest Influenza is…
C
Influenza B epidemics are ____ because they ____
Mild, mutate slowly
Most people have antibodies against the ___ strain of Influenza
B
Types of Influenza that are included in the vaccine
A + B
Types of Influenza that cause human epidemics
A + B
Influenza virus genome (type and segmentation)
ss(-)RNA, segments = 8 for A/B, 7 for C
Influenza surface proteins
M1/2, Neuraminidase + Hemagglutinin
Influenza M1 protein function
forms a layer under the host cell membrane
Influenza Capsid shape
helical
Influenza enveloped or non?
Enveloped
Hemagglutinin functions by…
binding to sialic acid
Neuraminidase function
Hydrolyze sialic acid
Influenza B doesn’t have ____
M2 Protein
Locations of Influenza replication, assembly, and budding
Replicates in NUCLEUS, assembles in CYTOPLASM, buds at PLASMA membrane
Influenza steps of replication (6)
hemagglutinin BINDS to sialic acid —– virus is internalized in ENDOSOME —— endosome ACIDIFIES and capsid and vRNA are released —— vRNA goes to NUCLEUS —– mRNA is SYNTHESIZED —- mRNA TRANSPORTED to cytoplasm for protein synthesis.
Viral RNA polymerase type and subunits
vRNA-dependent RNApol, PA/PB1/PB2