Part 2: RNA Viruses Flashcards
This virus include 29 spherical, enveloped RNA viruses that have T-shaped glycoprotein spikes, irregular shaped capsid containing two segment, single stranded RNA genome
Arenavirus
Arenavirus usually infects
Rodents (Bats)
MOT of arena virus: Human transmission
Inhalation of aerosols of infected rodent excrement (ie. urine, saliva, feces, nasal secretions) or direct contact with infected rodents
Arenaviruses capable of causing disease in humans
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and Lassa Fever virus
Arenavirus that has been identified in cases of aseptic meningitis in Europe and the Americas.
LCMV
Arenavirus that has been associated with influenza-like disease to hemorrhagic fever, shock, and death
Lassa Fever virus
This virus is an RNA virus consisting of three single-stranded RNA segments enclosed in a helical nucleocapsid that is surrounded by a lipid envelope.
Bunyavirus
MOT of Bunyavirus
Rodent-borne and transmitted through exposure (inhalation) to aerosolized rodent excreta
The disease associated with Bunyavirus
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)
New virus (bunyavirus) is called?
but later changed into
Muerto Canyon virus changed to Sin Nombre (no name) virus
Primary host of Sin Nomber Virus
Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
This hantavirus is carried by the rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), was first discovered in a male from the state of Louisiana.
Bayou virus
The carrier of of Black Creek Canal virus
Cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
The carrier implicated in a case of a hantavirus infection called the New York-1 virus.
White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
Lab diagnosis of Hantavirus relies on
Hantavirus-specific IgM or IgG antibody
Small (30-38 nm), rounded, nonenveloped, single-stranded, positive RNA viruses that cause acute gastro- enteritis in humans
Calicivirus
The virus causes respiratory disease in cats, a vesicular disease in swine, and a hemorrhagic disease in rabbits.
Calicivirus
MOT of Calicivirus
Fecal-oral
Members of Human Calicivirus that primary causes viral gastroenteritis
Norovirus and Sapovirus
Most widely used identification of Norovirus
RT-PCR
Pleomorphic, roughly spherical, medium- sized, enveloped RNA viruses, helical capsid with crownlike surface projections
Coronavirus
MOT of Coronavirus
Unknown, probably direct contact or aerosol
Disease associated with Coronavirus
Common cold; possibly gastroenteritis, especially in children; SARS
Useful in confirmatory testing with antigen- or nucleic acid-based methods
Modified cell cultures
Considered the most pathogenic of the hemorrhagic fever viruses.
Filoviridae family
The term filo means (referring to the virus’s long, filamentous structural morphology)
Threadlike
Pleomorphic, enveloped, nonsegmented, single-stranded, negative sense RNA viruses. Filamentous morphology appears number 6, U or circular in EM
Filoviruses
This filovirus displays the characteristic “shepherd’s hook” morphology.
Marburg hemorrhagic fever virus
The term used to describe a severe multisystem syndrome in which multiple organ systems are affected throughout the body.
Viral hemorrhagic fever
MOT of Filovirus
Human-to-human transmission via body fluids and respiratory droplets
Disease associated with Filovirus
Severe hemorrhage and liver necrosis; mortality as high as 90%
The first filovirus was detected in Marburg, Germany after handling an imported
African Green Monkey (Tissue)
The other filovirus that was named after a rive in Zaire (Republic of Congo)
Ebola Virus
For diagnosis of Filovirus, we must use
Electron microscopy, cell culture in monkey kidney cells; Biosafety Level 4 required
Single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) genome surrounded by spherical and icosahedral capsid with envelope. Derived from the Latin word “yellow”
Flavivirus
MOT of Arboviruses under Flavivirus (Ie. Yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, Japanese and St. Louis encephalitis)
Arthropod vector, usually mosquito
This Arbovirus (flavivirus) primarily infects liver cells, resulting in fever, jaundice, and hemorrhage
Yellow fever virus
This Arbovirus (flavivirus) is associated with outbreak in Brazil led to reports of Guillain-Barre syndrome and pregnant women giving birth to babies with birth defects and poor pregnancy outcomes.
Zika virus