Recalls Fri-Feb23 Flashcards

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A protein strand…. M strand encodes the NSm nonstructural protein and
the G1 (viral attachment) and G2 proteins, and the L strand
encodes the L protein (polymerase)

A

Nonstructural protein 1

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●FLAVIVIRIDAE

● Enveloped, icosahedral, non-segmented, (+)ssRNA

●Aedes mosquito bites / Sexual and vertical transmission possible

● Causes conjunctivitis, low-grade pyrexia, muscle and joint pain, malaise, headache, and itchy rash in 20% cases

●First identified in Uganda in 1947.

A

Zika virus

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Infectious mononucleosis (IM)

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● Under Cytomegalovirus
● EBV ( Epstein-Barr Virus) / HHV-4
● ‘Kissing disease’
● Transmitted through saliva

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● Genital warts (condyloma acuminata)
● Respiratory tract papillomas
● Most common viral STD

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HPV 6 and 11

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● Most common AIDS malignancy
● HHV-8 / Human Herpes 8
● Malignancy of the vascular endothelial cells
● Dark/violaceous plaques or nodules representing vascular proliferations

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Kaposi’s sarcoma

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● Poxviridae (Largest RNA virus)
● Brick-shaped virus
● Only disease that has been eradicated from the face of the earth
● Guarnieri bodies

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Smallpox

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● HHV-6: ROSEOLA / EXANTHEM SUBITUM / SIXTH DISEASE
● Nagayaman spots: erythematous papule on soft palate and base of uvula

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HHV 6 and 7

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● Varicella-Zoster Virus
● ( VZV / HHV-3
● Varicella / Chicken pox
● HERPES ZOSTER / SHINGLES —> Reactivation of Zoster Virus

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HHV3/ Varicella-Zoster Virus

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