Part 3: Interpretation of Lab test Results - Prions Flashcards
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Viruses in Tissue and Body fluid
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CMV, Adenovirus, Mumps, HSV
2
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Viruses in the eye
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Adenoviruses, HSV, VZV, and some enteroviruses
3
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Viruses in the Respiratory Tract
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Measles, mumps, influenza, parainfluenza, and respiratory syncytial viruses (HSV, CMV, Adenovirus may often shed)
4
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Detection of antibody of Epstein-Barr virus includes
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Viral capsid antigen, Early antigen and Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen
5
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Exposure to prions (infectious proteins) can lead to transmissible
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Spongiform encephalopathies
6
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Most common of the prion diseases in humans, but still relatively rare in incidence
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).
7
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Known as mad cow disease.
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE
