Transmission and Treatment of Viral Disease

Question 1

Where do RNA viruses mainly replicate? Where do DNA viruses mainly replicate?

Answer 1

In the cytoplasm (RNA)

In the nucleus (DNA)

Question 2

What is the nature of Measles? Is it enveloped or naked? How is it spread?

Answer 2

-ve ssRNA
Enveloped
Respiratory

Question 3

What is the nature of Influenza? Is it enveloped or naked? How is it spread?

Answer 3

-ve ssRNA
Enveloped
Respiratory

Question 4

What is the nature of Rabies? Is it enveloped or naked? How is it spread?

Answer 4

-ve ssRNA
Enveloped
Zoonotic

Question 5

What is the nature of Mumps? Is it enveloped or naked? How is it spread?

Answer 5

-ve ssRNA
Enveloped
Respiratory

Question 6

What is the nature of Ebola? Is it enveloped or naked? How is it spread?

Answer 6

-ve ssRNA
Enveloped
Zoonotic / Contact

Question 7

What is the nature of Polio? Is it enveloped or naked? How is it spread?

Answer 7

+ve ssRNA
Naked
Enteric

Question 8

What is the nature of Dengue? Is it enveloped or naked? How is it spread?

Answer 8

+ve ssRNA
Enveloped
Zoonotic

Question 9

What is the nature of Hepatitis C? Is it enveloped or naked? How is it spread?

Answer 9

+ve ssRNA
Enveloped
Percutaneous

Question 10

What is the nature of Norovius? Is it enveloped or naked? How is it spread?

Answer 10

+ve ssRNA
Naked
Enteric

Question 11

What is the nature of Rubella? Is it enveloped or naked? How is it spread?

Answer 11

+ve ssRNA
Enveloped
Respiratory

Question 12

What is the nature of HIV? Is it enveloped or naked? How is it spread?

Answer 12

+ve ssRNA
Enveloped
Mucosal / Percutaneous / Perinatal

Question 13

State the names of the 8 Herpes Viridae subtypes

Answer 13

Herpes Simplex 1 (HSV1)
Herpes Simplex 2 (HSV2)
Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV)
Epstein Barr Virus (EBV)
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV 6)
Human Herpes Virus 7 (HHV 7)
Human Herpes Virus 8 (HHV 8)

Question 14

Which of the Herpes Viridae subtypes causes genital warts?

Answer 14

HSV2

Question 15

Which of the Herpes Viridae subtypes causes cold sores?

Answer 15

HSV1

Question 16

Which of the Herpes Viridae subtypes causes Chicken pox?

Answer 16

VZV

Question 17

Which of the Herpes Viridae subtypes causes Roseola?

Answer 17

HHV6 or HHV 7

Question 18

Which of the Herpes Viridae subtypes causes Mononucleosis / Glandular Fever?

Answer 18

EBV or CMV

Question 19

Which of the Herpes Viridae subtypes Kaposi’s sarcoma?

Answer 19

HHV8

Question 20

What is the genomic nature of Herpesviridiae 8 subtypes? Are they naked or enveloped?

Answer 20

All are dsDNA

All are enveloped

Question 21

Give one example of an ssDNA virus, whether it is enveloped or naked, and how it is transmitted

Answer 21

Parvovirus
Naked
Respiratory

Question 22

What are some physical preventative measures used to prevent viruses?

Answer 22

Condoms

DEET

Question 23

Give some examples of anti-HIV drug classes

Answer 23

NRTIs
NNRTIs
Protease Inhibitors
Integrase Inhibitors

Question 24

In the first exposure to an antigen, which antibody is produced?

Answer 24

IgM

Question 25

In the second exposure to an antigen, which antibody is produced?

Answer 25

IgG (and a little IgM)

Question 26

Give some examples of latent viruses

Answer 26

- Herpesviruses i.e. HSV, VZV, CMV, EBV - HIV - Hepatitis B - HPV