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USMLE VIROLOGY-3 Flashcards

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DNA viruses

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HHAPPPy viruses!

Herpes
Hepadna
Adeno
Papova
Parvo
Pox
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adenovirus basics

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linear dsDNA

naked

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adenovirus transmission

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resp, ocular secretions

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adenovirus sx

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acute resp dz (ARD)
conjunctivitis
gastroenteritis

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adenovirus vaccine

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live nonattentuated
oral
used in military

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papovaviruses include

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HPV
BK
JC

PA/PO/VAviruses are all abbreviated!

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JC virus causes

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PML (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy)

esp in AIDS pts

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herpesvirus basics

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large dsDNA virus

enveloped

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VZV transmission

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resp secretions

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chickenpox incubation

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2w

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varicella vaccine

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live attenuated

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EBV transmission

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saliva, resp secretions

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EBV associations

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burkitt lymphoma
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
hairy oral leukoplakia (immunocompromised)

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oncogene in burkitt lymphoma

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c-myc

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EBV cells on peripheral smear

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atypical lymphocytes = activated T cells

foamy cytoplasm (Downy cells)

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Paul-Bunnell test

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monospot

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blueberry muffin baby

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deaf baby with hemorrhagic cutaneous lesions

congenital CMV

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HHV-6

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causes “sixth disease” = roseola = exanthema subitum

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HHV-8

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cofactor in Kaposi sarcoma

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poxviruses include

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variola (smallpox)
molluscum contagiosum
cowpox

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umbilicated wart-like lesions

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molluscum

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hepadnaviruses include

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hepatitis B virus

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parvovirus (B19) basics

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small ssDNA virus

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parvovirus causes

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erythema infectiosum (fifth dz)
aplastic crisis
hydrops fetalis

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picornavirus basics

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(+)ssRNA

naked

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picornaviruses include

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PERCH on a “peak” (pico)

Polio
ECHO
Rhino
Coxsackie
Hepatitis
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poliovirus vaccine(s)

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live attenuated (oral)
killed
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ECHO viruses

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Enteric Cytopathic Human Orphan

infect GI tract, esp. in summer

aseptic meningitis, fever, rash, enteritis, common cold, hemorrhagic conjunctivitis

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coxsackie season

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summer + fall

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coxsackie transmission

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nasopharyngeal secretions

also fecal-oral

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hepatitis A caused by

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enterovirus 72 (picornavirus)

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herpangina

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coxsackie A

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hand-foot-and-mouth dz

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coxsackie A

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