POXVIRIDAE Flashcards

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Genus

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  • Chordopox- and
  • (Entomopoxvirinae) = insects
    (Pock=scar)
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Morphology

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Enveloped
dsDNA (Linear)
Complex capsid

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Resistance

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Usually Good
Stable at room temp
Sensitive to:
- Heat detergents
- Formaldehyde
- Oxidizing agents
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4
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Replication

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Baltimore I
Replicate in the cytoplasm
Use viral enzymes

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Biological Properties

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  • Stenoxen
  • Orthopox, Parapox = Zoonosis(effect human)
  • Airborn
  • Contact
    Arthropods (Vector bourne)
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Antigenic Properties

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STRONG antigens - long immunity

- exept parapox virus

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Diagnosis

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Clinical signs
Isolation by egg inoculation
- chorion allantoic membrane
EM

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Genus Chordopoxviridae viruses

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  1. Orthopox virus
  2. Parapox virus
  3. Avipox virus (Birds)
  4. Capripox virus (Capra=Goat)
  5. Leoripox virus (lepus=rabbit)
  6. Suipox virus
  7. Yatapoxvirus
  8. Molluscipoxvirus
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Genus Chordopoxviridae viruses

Ortopox virus

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(Ortho=Real)
1. Cowpox- Cattle skin lesions. Pass from Rodents->Cats->Human

2- Buffalopox- Asia

  1. Camelpox
  2. Mice skin lesions. Loss of legs
  3. Variola - “small pox” - skin, pneumonia
  4. Vaccinia- Mutant cowpox… vaccination against variola.
  5. MonkeyPox
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Genus Chordopoxviridae viruses

2. Parapox virus

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  1. Pseudo-cowpox.
    - Teat lesions and scabs in milking cows
  2. Bovine Popular Stomatitis.
    - Lesions on muzzle and in the oral cavity of cows. (Zoonosis)
  3. Contagious ecthyma
    - Lambs: mouth, lip
    - Humans: skin, lip, eye
  4. Sealpox
  5. Squirel parapox virus
    - Skin, lesions: red squirrels
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Genus Chordopoxviridae viruses

3. Avipox

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(Avis=birds)
Skin: mucosal
scabs, pneumonia

  1. Fowl-, Canary-, Pidgeon-, Turkeypox..
    - Transmitted by arthropods
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Genus Chordopoxviridae viruses

4. Capripox virus (Capra=Goat)

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Sheep-pox - Notifable
Goat-pox
Lumpy skin disease

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Genus Chordopoxviridae viruses

5. Leoripox virus (lepus=rabbit)

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  1. Myxomatosis in rabbit-
    - Pneumonia
    - lesions w/in skin: Trans-> Mosquitos
  2. Hare-Fibroma virus causes tumors
  3. Shope-Fibroma virus - tumors in RABBITS
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Genus Chordopoxviridae viruses

6. Suipoxvirus

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Swinepox virus-

  • Occurs worldwide and causes skin disease.
  • Transmitted - lice
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Genus Chordopoxviridae viruses

7. Yatapoxvirus

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  1. Yabapox- Monkey tumours

2. Tanapox- Skin lesions

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Genus Chordopoxviridae viruses

8. Molluscipoxvirus

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Molluscum contagiousum virus

- Human skin lesions