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DNA viruses (6)

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Parvoviridae, adenoviridae, papovaviridae, poxviridae, hepadnaviridae, herpesviridae

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RNA viruses (10)

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Picornaviridae, togaviridae, coronaviridae, orthomyxoviridae, flavirviridae, retroviridae, paramyxoviridae, rhadoviridae, filoviridae, Reovirdae

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Only ss DNA

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Parvoviridae

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Gastroenteritis, fetal death, fifth disease, human parvovirus, B19

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Parvoviridae

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Respiratory diseases

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Adenoviridae

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PA

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Papilloma = wartz

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PO

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Polyoma = tumors

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VA

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Vacuolation = causes vacuoles in host cell

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HPV is in what family?

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Papovaviridae

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Largest of all the viruses

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Poxviridae

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Smallpox is aka

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Variola

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Vaccinia is aka

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Cowpox virus

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Hep B is under what family?

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Hepadnaviridae

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Latent viruses that are very large

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Herpesviridae

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HHV-1 and HHV-2

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Simplexvirus; causes cold sores and genital herpes

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HHV-3

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Varicellovirus; causes chickenpox, shingles

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HHV-4

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Lymphocryptovirus; EBV: Epstein-Barr virus causes mononucleosis

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HHV-5

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Cytomegalovirus

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HHV-6 and HHV-7

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Roseolovirus

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HHV-8

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Rhadinovirus; causes Kaposi’s sarcoma

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HHV-1 through -8 are under what family?

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Herpesviridae

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Is HHV-2 sexually transmitted?

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Yes! Genital herepes.

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HHV-2 is dormant in what nerve?

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Sacral nerve ganglion.

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HHV-1 is dormant in what nerve?

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Trigeminal nerve ganglion

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Which herpes can cause abortion, mental retardation or defective sight and hearing?

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HSV-2. Neonatal herpes

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Can cross the placenta and infect fetus (hereps).

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HSV-2

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PICO=

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Very small

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4 examples of piconaviridae

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Polio
Coxsackieviruses
Enteroviruses
Rhinoviruses

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Rhinoviruses

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Common cold

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Enteroviruses happen where?

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Intestine

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Enteroviruses example

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Hep A- acute hep

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TOGA=

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Cloaked or enveloped

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33
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Togaviridae are transmitted by

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Arthopods

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34
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2 examples of togaviridae

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Arboviruses
Rubiviruses

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Arbovirus example

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Encephalitis

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Rubivirus example

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Rubella

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rubella is aka

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German measles

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German measles are transmitted by

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Repiratory transmission

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COVID and the common cold are under what family?

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Coronaviridae

40
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Most distinctive symptom of COVID-19

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New loss of taste or smell

41
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Segmented and enveloped RNA family

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Orthomyxoviridae

42
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What virus is under orthomyxoviridae?

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Influenza

43
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Can infect swine, birds, and horses.

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Influenza A

44
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How many segments are in Influenza?

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8

45
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Is influenza enveloped?

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Yes

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What does a segmented genome contain?

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8 helical nucelocapsids

47
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Influenza type mainly in animals

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B

48
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influenza type mainly in animals and humans

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A

49
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most common type of influenza

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A

50
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Protein spikes are ______.

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Antigenic

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Peplomers are aka

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Protein spikes

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Peplomers are made of

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Protein

53
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H=

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Hemagglutinin

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N=

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neuraminidase

55
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Peplomer that is responsible for release from the host cell

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N= neuraminidase

56
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Peplomer that is responsible for attachment

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H= hemagglutinin

57
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Antigenic drift

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Small point mutations
Epidemics

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antigenic shift

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Less common
Only in influenza A
Major and sudden change in H and/or N creating new strain
Pandemics

59
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“Mixing” bowl

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Pigs

60
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Severe viral pneumonia
Come on in few days, death shortly follows
Lungs massively hemorrhaged or filled with fluid

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1918 Spanish flu

61
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Induced a cytokine storm

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1918 Spanish flu

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H1N1 is aka

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Swine flu

63
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Swine flu is a strain of

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Influenza A

64
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T/F Swine flu had a high mortality rate.

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False! Low mortality rate, with high infection rate.

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Influenza is positive or negative?

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Negative

66
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Treatment for influenza

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Tamiflu

67
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neuraminidase inhibitors is aka

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Tamiflu

68
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Influenza vaccines are grown in

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Eggs

69
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Hep C is under what family?

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Flaviviridae

70
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Yellow fever is under what family?

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Flavivridae

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Retroviridae is positive or negative?

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+

72
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Only diploid virus

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Retroviridae

73
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HTLV-1

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Leukemia viruses

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Oncoviruses

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RNA tumor viruses

75
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3 examples of retroviridae

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Oncoviruses
HTLV-1
HIV

76
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Reverse transcriptase is used in what family?

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Retroviridae

77
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“Near” + “mucus”

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Paramyxoviridae

78
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3 examples of Paramyxoviridae

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Parainfluenza
Mumps
Measles

79
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“Rod”

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Rhabdoviridae

80
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Shaped like bullets and spiked envelope

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Rhabdovirdiae

81
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Shaped like bullets and spiked envelope

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Rhabdovirdiae

82
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Example of rhabdoviridae

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Rabies

83
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Once the symptoms appear, 100% mortality rate

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Rabies

84
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Segmented and naked RNA

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Reoviridae

85
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Only double stranded RNA

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Reoviridae

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Reoviridae
R=

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Respiratory diseases

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Reovirdae
E=

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Enteric diseases

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Reovirdiae
O=

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Orphan- not associated with any disease

89
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2 examples of Reoviridae

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Rota virus- severe diarrhea in young children
Colorado tick fever virus

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