RNA Viruses Flashcards
All viruses are haploid except
retroviruses
Viruses with segmented genome
B-O-A-R Bunyaviruses Orthomyxoviruses (influenza) Arenaviruses Reoviruses
Negative strand RNA viruses
Always Bring Polymerase Or Fail Replication Arenaviruses Bunyaviruses Paramyxoviruses Orthomyxoviruses Filoviruses Rhabdoviruses
RNA viruses Positive Sense
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Retrovirus, Togavirus, Flavivirus, Coronavirus, Hepevirus, Calicivirus, Picornavirus
All RNA viruses have single stranded DNA except
Reovirus and Rotavirus
All DNA viruses replicate in the cytoplasm except
Influenza and retrovirus
Picornaviridae
PERCHed on a PIC
Poliovirus, Echovirus, Rhinovirus, Coxsackievirus, Hepatitis A virus, PICornaviridae
Naked nucleocapsid w/ single stranded positive polarity RNA
Replicates in motor neurons in anterior horn of spinal cord causing paralysis
Poliovirus
Most clinical form of Poliovirus
Abortive poliomyelitis
Others:
Nonparalytic poliomyelitis - aseptic meningitis
Paralytic poliomyelitis - flaccid paralysis; permanent motor nerve damage
Prevention of poliovirus
Killed (Salk IPV)
Live, attenuated (Sabin OPV)
Fever, sorethroat, and tender vesicles in oropharynx
Herpangina
Vesicular rash on hands and feet and ulcerations in the mouth
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
MC viral cause of myocarditis and pericarditis
Coxsackie virus
MC viral cause of endocarditis
Enteroviruses
MCC of aseptic meningitis
Enteroviruses
Another term of echovirus
Enteric Cytopathic Human Orphan
MCC of common colds
Rhinovirus
Enterovirus 72
Hepatitis A
Most important test for Hepatitis A
anti-HAV IgM
Caliciviridae
Hepatitis E Norwalk virus (Norovirus)
Highest mortality of Hepatitis E
Pregnant women
Orthomyxoviridae
Influenza virus
Enveloped virus with a HELICAL nucleocapsid and segmented, ss negative RNA w/c may cause pandemics and epidemics
Influenza virus
Influenza type w/c causes pandemics
Influenza A
Influenza type w/c causes major outbreaks (epidemics)
Only a human virus and there are no animal sources of new RNA segments
Influenza B
Influenza type w/c causes mild respiratory tract infection but does not cause outbreaks of influenza
Influenza C