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Retroviridae Flashcards

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Retro-: Etymology

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Retro: Reverse transcription

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Retro-: Morphology

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  • Diploid +ssRNA
  • Helical + icosahedral capsid
  • Enveloped
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Retro-: Resistance

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Very sensitive

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Retro-: Biological properties

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  • Baltimore VI - Viral reverse transcriptase → Integration
  • Oncogenic
  • Strong CPEs
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Retro-: Antigenic properties

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  • Good antigens
  • Hypervariable surface antigens
  • Igs not effective against the integrated virus
    • Destruction of the immune system
  • Cross reactions:
    • Specificity of proteins
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Retro-: Diagnosis

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  • Clinical symptoms
  • ELISA
  • IF
  • PCR
  • NA hybridisation
  • AGID
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Retro-: Genuses

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  • Orthoretrovirinae
    • Alpharetrovirus
    • Betaretrovirus
    • Gammaretrovirus
    • Deltaretrovirus
    • Epsilonretrovirus
    • Lentivirus (lentus-; slow)
  • Spumaretrovirinae (spuma-: Foamy)
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Alpharetro-: Examples

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  • Avian leukosis virus
  • Avian sarcoma leukosis virus
  • Rous sarcoma virus
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Betaretro-: Examples

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  • Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma
  • Mouse mammary tumour virus
  • Monkey retrovirus
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Gammaretro-: Examples

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  • Feline, murine leukemia virus
  • Viper retrovirus
  • Reticuloendotheliosis virus
  • Chick syncytial virus
  • Duck spleen necrosis virus
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Reticuloendotheliosis virus

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Chicken

  • Immunosuppression
  • Tumours
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Deltaretro-: Examples

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  • Bovine leukemia virus
  • Human & primate T-lymphotropic virus 1-2
  • Simian T-cell leukemia virus
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Bovine leukemia virus (BLV)

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Cattle

  • Leukosis
  • Slow-developing lymphoid tumours
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Human T-Lymphotropic virus 1-2

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Humans

  • T-Cell leukemia
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Epsilonretro-: Examples

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  • Walleye dermal sarcoma virus
  • Walleye epidermal hypoplasia virus
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Avian leukosis virus

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Chicken

  • Leukaemia
  • Lymphoid tumours
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Avian sarcoma leukosis virus

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Chicken

  • Myeloblastosis
  • Carcinoma
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Rous sarcoma virus

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Chicken

  • Mesenchymal sarcomas
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Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma virus

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Sheep

  • Pulmonary adenomatosis (tumours in the lung)
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Lenti-: examples

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  • Equine infectious anemia
  • Maedi-Visna virus
  • Caprine arthritis-encephalitis
  • HIV-1, 2 (Human)
  • FIV (Feline)
  • BIV (Bovine)
  • SIV (Simian)
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Equine infectious anaemia virus (EIA)

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Horse

  • Anaemia
  • Wasting

Lethal + Mosquito-transmitted

“Swamp-fever”

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Maedi-Visna virus

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Sheep

  • Maedi - Interstitial pneumonia
  • Visna - Encephalitis
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Caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (CAE)

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Goat

  • Arthritis
  • Lameness
  • Encephalitis
  • Paralysis
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Human immunodeficiency virus 1, 2

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Human

  • T-helper cell destruction
    • Immuno suppression
  • AIDS, ARC (AIDS-Related Complex)
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Spumaretro-: Examples

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  • Foamy virus
    • Bovine-
    • Feline-
    • Equine-
    • Simian-
    • Chimpanzee-
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Retro-: Transmission

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  • Transplacental
  • Cell associated
  • Colostrum
  • Arbovirus

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