RNA Viruses

Question 1

What are the characteristics of poliovirus

Answer 1

contains RNA
naked virus
humans are the only host

Question 2

what are the vaccines for poliomyelitis?

Answer 2

salk vaccine (injected)
sabin vaccine (oral vaccine)

Question 3

this vaccine for poliomyelitis is a killed vaccine?

Answer 3

salk vaccine

Question 4

this vaccine for poliomyelitis is a lived attenuated vaccine

Answer 4

sabin vaccine

Question 5

this syndrome affects polio survivors 10-40 years after recovery and may cause muscular atrophy

Answer 5

post-polio syndrome

Question 6

what are the characteristics of rhinovirus

Answer 6

contains RNA
naked virus

Question 7

this virus causes the common cold

Answer 7

rhinovirus
“rhin” greek word for nose

Question 8

what are the characteristics of enteroviruses?

Answer 8

contains RNA
non enveloped

Question 9

this virus is the second most common infectious agent in humans

Answer 9

enteroviruses

Question 10

this enterovirus generally tends to infect the skin and mucous membrane

Answer 10

coxsackievirus A

Question 11

this enterovirus tend to infect the heart and pleura

Answer 11

coxsackievirus B

Question 12

this group A coxsackieviruses is associated with ulcerative lesion of the posterior oropharyngeal structure

Answer 12

herpangina

Question 13

this group A coxsackieviruses is associated with conjunctival congestion, vascular dilation, and the onset of edema

Answer 13

acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis

Question 14

this group A coxsackieviruses is associated with causes vesicular lesions in mouth, hand, feet, buttocks, or genitalia

Answer 14

hand foot and mouth disease

Question 15

is there a treatment or vaccine for coxsackieviruses

Answer 15

no

Question 16

Type A flu is associated with what?

Answer 16

pandemics

Question 17

Type B flu is associated with what?

Answer 17

local epidemics

Question 18

Type C flu is associated with what?

Answer 18

rarely causes disease in man

Question 19

antigenic drifts (minor change) occurs in which influenza virus

Answer 19

A and B

Question 20

antigenic shift occurs (major change) in which the influenza virus

Answer 20

A

Question 21

this syndrome is a complication of the flu and causes self-limited paralysis, which destroys the protective covering of the myelin sheath

Answer 21

guillain barre syndrome

Question 22

this syndrome is a complication of the flu and causes are associated with aspirin consumption in children and causes vomiting, lethargy, and delirium

Answer 22

reye’s syndrome

Question 23

this virus is a giant cell forming virus that is the leading cause for bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants and children

Answer 23

respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Question 24

This virus causes fever, headache, sore throat, loss of energy

infects salivary glands

Answer 24

mumps

Question 25

how many times can you get mumps?

Answer 25

ONCE

Question 26

what lesions occur with measles?

Answer 26

koplik’s spots

Question 27

this virus causes fever, headache, photophobia, conjunctivitis and RASH

Answer 27

Measles

Question 28

is there a link between the MMR vaccine and measels?

Answer 28

NO

Question 29

this a the rabies virus

Answer 29

rhabdovirus

Question 30

the diagnosis of negi bodies in the cytoplasm of the nervous tissue occurs from what virus?

Answer 30

rhadovirus

Question 31

this virus is vector-transmitted and causes yellow fever and is transmitted through mosquitoes

Answer 31

arboviruses

Question 32

this vector transmitted virus causes fever, vomiting and diarrhea

leading cause gastroenteritis

Answer 32

rotavirus

Question 33

this vector transmitted virus causes gastroenteritis and is transmitted fecal orally

Answer 33

norovirus