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1. What kind of disease can be caused by adenoviruses (3 examples)?

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pharyngitis, pneumonia, pertussis syndrome, pharyngoconjuctival fever, acute
haemorrhagic cystitis, gastroenteritis

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  1. How can parvoviruses spread?
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by respiratory droplets

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  1. What kind of disease can be caused by parvoviruses (3 examples)?
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erythema infectiosum, hydrops fetalis, aplastic anaemia

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  1. What kind of diseases can be caused by high-risk group papillomaviruses?
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cervix cancer, tumour in oral cavity

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  1. What kind of diseases can be caused by low-risk group papillomaviruses?
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condyloma acuminatum, warts

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  1. What can HHV1 (Herpes simplex virus 1) cause?
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herpes labialis, herpes simplex dermatitis, eczema herpeticum, herpes gladiatorum,
herpetic whitlow

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  1. What can HHV2 (Herpes simplex virus 2) cause?
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herpes genitalis, neonatal herpes, encephalitis

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  1. How can HHV1 and HHV2 infections treated?
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by acyclovir

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  1. What can VZV (Varicella Zooster virus) cause?
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chickenpox and shingles

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  1. How can chickenpox prevented?
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By vaccine (live attenuated)

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  1. What can EBV (Epstein-Barr virus) cause?
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mononucleosis infectiosa, Burkitt lymphoma, nasopharingeal carcinoma, oral hairy
leucoplakia

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  1. What can CMV (Cytomegalovirus) cause?
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hepatitis, pancreatitis, pneumonitis, nephritis, myocarditis, encephalitis, chorioretinitis,
oesophagitis, colitis, congenital infections

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  1. What can HHV-6 cause?
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encephalitis, pneumonitis, chorioretinitis, exanthema subitum or roseola infantum

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  1. What can HHV-7 cause?
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encephalitis, flaccid paralysis, hepatitis, gastritis, lymphadenopathy, diarrhoea, pityriasis
rosea

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  1. What can HHV-8 cause?
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Kaposi-sarcoma, lymphoma

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  1. How can Hepatitis B virus spread?
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by parenteral way, by sexual contact or perinatal

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  1. How can Hepatitis B virus infection treated?
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by interferon, by nucleotide analogues

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  1. How can Molluscum contagiosum virus spread and what can cause?
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by direct contact and cause benign tumour of the skin

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  1. What can Poliovirus cause?
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aseptic meningitis, poliomyelitis, post-polio syndrome

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  1. What can Coxsackie A and B viruses cause?
A

A: herpangina, hand-foot-mouth disease, acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis
B: pleurodynia or Bronholm disease, myocarditis, pancreatitis

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  1. What can Rhinoviruses cause?
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sore throat, running nose, coughing

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  1. How can Hepatitis A virus spread?
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by faecal oral rout, by contaminated food, by contaminated water

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  1. How can Caliciviruses spread and what can cause?
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by faecal oral rout, by contaminated water, by aerosol. Can cause diarrhoea vomiting.

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  1. Hon can Rotaviruses spread and what can cause?
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by faecal oral rout and can cause diarrhoea and vomiting

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  1. How can Hepatitis E virus spread and what can cause?
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by contaminated water, by raw pig and boar meat, rarely by blood transfusion and
transplacental. Can cause acute hepatitis.

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  1. How can spread the causative agent of yellow fever?
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by mosquito bite from human to human or from monkey to human.

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  1. How can Hepatitis C virus spread?
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by parenteral way, by blood, by tattooing

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  1. Which population is at risk during the Rubella virus infection?
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pregnant women because can cause in utero infections (congenital rubella syndrome)

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  1. How can Influenza viruses spread and what can cause (3 examples)?
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By respiratory droplets. Symptoms: high fever, fatigue, muscle pain, head ache, sometimes-
gastrointestinal symptoms.

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  1. How can Morbillivirus spread and what can cause?
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by respiratory droplets and can cause measles with exanthemas and Koplic spots.

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  1. What kind of complication may develop during measles?
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pneumonia, encephalitis and SSPE: subacute sclerotizing panencephalitis

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  1. How can Mumpsvirus spread and what are the symptoms?
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by respiratory droplets. Symptoms are: inflammation of salivary gland, pancreatitis, orchitis,
deafness

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  1. What is the causative agent of rabies?
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Lyssa virus.

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  1. How can rabies prevented?
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by vaccine administered post exposure

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  1. What is the treatment of HIV infection?
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By combination of nucleotide analogue and protease inhibitors

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  1. How can HTLV-1 spread?
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by sexual contact, by blood and transplacental or by breast-feeding

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  1. How can Dengue-fever virus spread?
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by mosquito bite.

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  1. List two members of Flaviviruses.
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Yellow-fever virus, Dengue-fever virus, tick born encephalitis virus, Zika-virus.

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  1. What does arbovirus mean?
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arthropod born viruses.

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  1. List two diseases caused by prions
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kuru, fatal familiar insomnia, Creutzfeldt–Jacob-syndrome, bovine spongiform encephalitis

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