Papillomaviridae Flashcards
Papiloma meaning
papila-wart (verrue)
oma-tumour
morphology
circular dsDNA-superhelical
icosohedral capsid
no capsule
Does it have a capsule?
NO
resistance
strong
56°C, 30 min;
pH 3
lipid solvents
Bio properties
Baltimore I. – cellular transcriptase
virus assembly in keratinized cells
This virus has restricted host range, predilection sites
What do we call this?
stenoxen
Causes?
beningnant tumours (oncogenic)
Latency
episomal DNA
Transmition
contact, veneral transmition-cell associated
Antigenic properties
good Ag properties
hiddden from the immune system
no cross reaction
autovaccine
diagnosis
clin signs
IF, IM
NA hybridization
Papiloma genus (dis)
Equine, bovine papillomatosis
Canine oral papillomatosis
Skin papillomas
Genital papillomas
Equine papillomatosis
head, nose
transmition by bite, twitch
Bovine papillomatosis
1-13
neck, back, body
horse sarcoid
Canine oral papillomatosis
oral mucosa
epulis (cancer like enlargement on the alveolar lucosa or gingiva)