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RNA Viruses Flashcards

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How are the enteric Picornaviruses (Polio, Coxsackie, Echovirus, Enterovirus) spread?

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Respiratory route, fecal/oral

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What symptoms are associated with rotavirus infection?

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Gastroenteritis - watery diarrhea (common in infants)

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What symptoms are associated with hepatovirus A infection?

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Hep A infection is generally asymptomatic and self-resolving. Other hepatoviruses may cause jaundice, liver enzyme changes, fever, fatigue, etc.

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Poliovirus causes viremia and may cross the blood-brain barrier. What cells are targeted by the virus?

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Axons of peripheral nerves

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Parainfluenza virus is a Paramyxovirus. How is the virus spread, what is the clinical presentation, and who is most at risk?

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Transmission via aerosols

Leading cause of croup

6 months - 6 years old at risk

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How is norovirus spread?

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Fecal/oral

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All RNA viruses replicate in the cytoplasm of the host cell with the exception of which viruses?

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Orthomyxovirus & Retroviruses

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What are the characteristics of Togaviruses?

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Enveloped, icosahedral, +ssRNA

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What is the target for the rotavirus vaccine?

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Outer shell proteins - VP7 & VP4

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What is the most important Calicivirus?

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Norovirus

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How is hepatovirus A spread?

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Fecal/oral, IV drug use, contaminated food (less common)

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Describe the clinical appearance of dengue fever.

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Fever, chills, malaise, headache, retro-orbital pain, myalgia, arthralgia, nausea, vomiting, rash

Dengue hemorrhagic fever - Thrombocytopenia. Hypovolemic shock, Multiple organ failure, Severe hemorrhage, Encephalopathy

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Hepatitis C is protected from the human response. Why is this?

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Assembly & release of HCV is intertwined with the maturation & release
of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) particles. This results in viral antigens that are coated with self-antigens.

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What ssRNA viruses are able to act as mRNA to directly translate proteins using host machinery?

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+ssRNA

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What are the characteristics of Paramyxoviruses?

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Enveloped, helical, -ss RNA virus , ubiquitous

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What are the characteristics of Coronaviruses?

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Enveloped, helical +ssRNA viruses, largest RNA virus, transmission via respiratory route

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What are the characteristics of Filoviruses?

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(-) ssRNA; enveloped, helical nucleocapsid, filamentous particles

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What are the characteristics of Bunyaviruses?

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Trisegmented -ss RNA, helical, enveloped

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What diseases are caused by Coxsackie B?

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Pericarditis, myocarditis

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Describe the clinical progression of yellow fever.

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3 Stages - Infection, remission, & intoxication

Infection - non-specific symptoms, viremia
Remission - clinical improvement
Inxotication - severe infection, fever, hemorrhage, liver and kidney failure, shock

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What are the characteristics of Hepevirus?

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Naked, icosahedral virus; +ssRNA; spread fecal/oral

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How is Rubella prevented?

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Live, attenuated vaccine (MMR or MMRV)

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How are rhinoviruses transmitted?

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Respiratory route

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How is Rubella spread?

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Respiratory route

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What are the characteristics of Arenavirus (Lassa fever virus)?

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ssRNA (2 segments); enveloped, helical capsid

L (large) strand: (-) sense RNA; encodes polymerase

S (small) strand: ambisense RNA; structural proteins

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What cells are targeted by Flaviviruses?

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Monocytes/macrophages, dendritic cells, endothelial cells

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What is the clinical progression of rabies?

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Initial flu-like symptoms; hydrophobia (foaming at mouth); CNS symptoms; death

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What is the urban cycle of arboviruses?

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Human - mosquito - human

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What genera make up Togaviruses?

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Alphavirus genus & Rubivirus genus

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What is the difference between antigenic drift and antigenic shift in influenza?

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Antigenic drift involves point mutations in HA and NA proteins that are likely to cause epidemics.

Antigenic shift is a major antigenic change due to reassortment that is likely to cause a pandemic.

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What symptoms are associated with Marburg and Ebola?

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Non-specific febrile illness; GI symptoms; bleeding abnormalities; post-Ebola syndrome

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What symptoms are associated with Coltivirus infection?

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Fever (improves then worsens), chills, headache, lethargy, myalgia, rash

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Respiratory syncytial virus
is a Paramyxovirus. How is the virus spread, what is the clinical presentation, and who is most at risk?

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Transmission via contact with secretions

Leading cause of pneumonia and bronchiolitis in children

Infants, elderly most at risk

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How is rotavirus spread?

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Fecal-oral

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What disease is associated with Hepevirus infection?

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Hepatitis E

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What is the sylvatic cycle of arboviruses?

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Primate - mosquito - human

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How is yellow fever treated and prevented?

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Treatment of symptoms only. Live, attenuated vaccine

38
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How is hepatovirus prevented?

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Vaccine with inactivated virus

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What is the clinical presentation of Lassa fever virus?

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Hemorrhagic fever - fever, malaise, weakness, headache, hemorrhage, shock, deafness

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What is the target of Coltivirus?

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Erthryocyte precursors - remains in mature RBCs

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What is the relevant Rubivirus?

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Rubella virus

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What virus is responsible for the flu? What family does this virus belong to?

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Influenza, Orthomyxoviruses

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How can rabies be diagnosed?

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IF staining, virus isolation, Negri bodies, serology, PCR

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What are the relevant Filoviruses?

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Marburg & Ebola viruses

45
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What virus is the most frequent cause of the common cold?

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Rhinovirus

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What is an ambisense virus?

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-ssRNA virus that contains a segmented sequence whose complementary strand acts as a template for mRNA

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What are the characteristics of Reoviruses?

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Segmented, dsRNA, naked, icosahedral

48
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How does the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine provide immunity to the virus?

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The vaccine induces an antibody response to the S (Spike) protein that is necessary for attachment and entry into the host cell

49
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What is the clinical progression of Mumps?

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Incubation; swollen parotid gland; systemic infection rare

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What diseases are associated with poliovirus?

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Nonparalytic poliomyelitis (fever, fatigue, stiffness, nausea, etc.) & Paralytic poliomyelitis (muscle weakness, loss of reflexes, etc.)

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What is different about influenza replication compared to that of other –ss RNA viruses?

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Transcription & replication take place in the nucleus

52
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How is poliovirus prevented?

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Inactivated polio vaccine. Previously a live, attenuated vaccine was used to produce herd immunity but this causes polio outbreaks in some areas

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What is the clinical presentation of Hantavirus? How is the virus spread?

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Non-specific viral symptoms followed by cardiopulmonary symptoms (cough, edema, shock); spread through aerosols with contaminated rodent saliva, feces, or urine

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How is rotavirus diagnosed, treated, and prevented?

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Diagnosed - antigen in stool, PCR
Treatment - manage dehydration & electrolytes
Prevention - live virus vaccine

55
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How is rabies treated and prevented?

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Prevented with live, attenuated vaccine for domestic animals; treatment with Rabies immune globulin (RIG)

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What are the major reoviruses?

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Rotavirus, coltivirus

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What are the characteristics of Orthomyxoviruses?

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Helical, enveloped virus; segmented -ss RNA

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What is the clinical appearance of Zika virus?

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Fever, rash, conjunctivitis, headache, myalgia, Guillain-Barré syndrome (rare)

Congenitally - Microcephaly, intracranial calcifications, hearing & visual defects, limb deformities, club
feet

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What diseases are associated with norovirus infection?

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Gastroenteritis

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What cells are targeted by Lassa fever virus?

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Dendritic cells, monocytes, &
macrophages

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What are the characteristics of Rhabdoviruses (rabies)?

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-ss RNA; helical, enveloped; bullet shaped; animal hosts; highest fatality of infectious viral disease

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What disease is associated with Coxsackie A16?

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Hand-foot-mouth disease

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How is SARS-CoV-2 prevented?

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Three vaccines - mRNA vaccine, recombinant vaccine, viral vector vaccine. All target the S protein

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What is the clinical presentation of West Nile virus, St Louis encephalitis virus, and Powassan encephalitis N. America
virus?

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Typically asymptomatic, may cause mild flu-like symptoms. In rare cases can cause encephalitis

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All RNA viruses are enveloped with the exception of which viruses?

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Picornaviridae, Caliciviviridae (norovirus),
Hepeviridae (hepatitis E virus), Reoviridae (rotavirus)

66
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How does SARS-CoV-2 enter cells?

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Spike protein binds to angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)

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Hemagglutinin (HA) & Neuraminidase (NA) proteins determine the antigenicity of influenza. What is the function of each protein?

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HA - Attaches to sialic acid for viral entry
NA - Cleave sialic residues to promote viral spread

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What Enteroviruses are associated with CNS diseases?

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Polio, Coxsackie B1, Enterovirus 71, Enterovirus D68

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What is the relevant Bunyavirus?

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Hantavirus

70
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How is Hepatitis C spread?

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IV drug use, contaminated blood, sexual tramission

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What is the most common complication of Lassa fever virus infection?

72
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What is the clinical progression of Measles?

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Incubation period; cough, coryza, conjunctivitis & photophobia; Koplik’s spots (blueish-white spots); morbiliform rash

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How is Ebola transmitted?

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Person to person
transmission through
contact with contaminated
body fluids

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What is the function of NSP4 in rotavirus?

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Acts as an enterotoxin

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What are the characteristics of Picornaviruses?

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+ssRNA, naked, ichosahedral

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What are the characteristics of Flaviviruses?

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Enveloped, icosahedral, +ssRNA , most are arboviruses

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Are RNA viruses are single-stranded with the exception of what viruses?

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What are the characteristics of Caliciviruses?

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Naked, icosahedral, +ssRNA virus

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What are the major Picornaviruses?

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Poliovirus, Coxsackie virus, Echovirus, Enterovirus, Hepatitis A, Parechovirus, Rhinovirus

80
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How is influenza prevented?

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Vaccine that protects against the most prevalent circulating strands

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What is the clinical appearance of Rubella?

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Rash (begins on face and trunk and spreads outwards), fever, lymphadenopathy

Congenital - Cataracts, mental retardation, cardiac
abnormalities, deafness

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