Sketchy: Rhinovirus Flashcards
1
Q
What does rhinovirus cause?
A
the common cold
2
Q
Cue:
- multicolored striped canopy with rhino lying underneath
A
rhinovirus has many different serotypes –> no vaccine avail
3
Q
How is rhinovirus transmitted?
A
respiratory
4
Q
Cue:
- tourist leaning into the cage to pet a baby rhino, with camera strap wrapping around the rhino’s horn
A
- rhinovirus enters host cells by attaching to ICAM-1
- camera = ICAM-1
5
Q
Cue:
- baby rhinos with their mothers
A
pico baby = picornavirus
6
Q
Cue:
- yellow and orange hues
A
RNA virus
7
Q
Cue:
- sun out/sunshine
A
positive-sense RNA virus
8
Q
Rhinovirus is a member of the _____ family.
A
picornavirus
9
Q
Cue:
- baby rhino with mud on his face and neck is sneezing on a visitor’s hands
A
- mud on his face and neck = upper respiratory tract infection
- sneeze = respiratory transmission
- onto hands = also transmitted via fomites
10
Q
Cue:
- Statue of David with a camera in his hand
A
- Statue = naked virus
- camera = ICAM-1 (virus attaches to this molecule to make entry)
11
Q
What is the tx for rhinovirus?
A
none
12
Q
Cue:
- rhinos under the shade of a tree where temperature is 33
A
rhinos like to stay cool = virus grows best at 33 degrees C (like in upper respiratory tract)
13
Q
Cue:
- kid feeding a rhino a lemon
A
acid labile (cannot survive GI tract)
14
Q
There are _____ different serotypes of rhinovirus.
A
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