Respirartory Virus Flashcards
What illness kills most people in europe
Influenza
Respiratory virus is
Respiratory is a virus that predominantly causes respiratory type syndrome
Which part of. The respiratory tract do respiratory diseases attack
Peach disease has its own specific area
Reap tract structure
Respiratory epithelium- ciliates pseudostratified columnar epithelium
Oral mucosa- stratified squamous epithelium
Alveoli
Cell surface/ requirement for viral cell enter differ along the respiratory tract = viral tropism
Upper respiratory tract infection syndromes
Common cold
Pharyngitis
Laryngitis
Syndromes associated with infection of major airways
Croup(laryngoscopes-tracheostomy’s-bronchitis)
Tracheobronchitis
Bronchiolitis
Lower resp tract infection
Pneumonia
Influenza.ike illness
Upper and lower resp tract symptoms
Malaise Fever Myalgia Headache Chills
Transmission may not always mean?
Disease
R0 is
How much you will transfer in a fully susceptible population
Bronchiolitis stats
How many children
90% of kids 0-2 infected with RSV
RAV post HSCT can progress to
From upper resp infection to lower resp track infection
Who can die from chicken pox
Adults not immune
Chicken pox more common in
Women born in tropical regions