Viral II Review Flashcards
Q: What family does Hepatitis A, B, and C belong to?
A: Picornavirus, Hepadnavirus, Flavivirus respectively
Q: What is the primary cause of hepatocellular carcinoma?
A: Hepatitis B
Q: What are the other two associations seen with HBV?
A: Polyarteritis Nodosa (Classic), serum sickness-like illness
Q: How do you treat active HBV?
A: IFN-alpha, and Lamivudine
Q: What cryoglobulinemia is associated with HCV?
A: Type II cryoglobulinemia
Q: What form of lichen planus has an association with HCV?
A: Mucosal ulcerative
Q: What skin manifestation of HCV resembles deficiency dermatoses?
A: Necrolytic acral erythema
Q: How do you treat chronic HCV?
A: IFN-alpha, ribavirin
Q: What is the classic association with Gianotti Crosti?
A: Hepatitis B
Q: What is the most common cause of Gianotti Crosti currently?
A: EBV
Q: What is another name for smallpox?
A: Variola Major
Q: How is smallpox transmitted?
A: respiratory route
Q: Where do the first lesions appear in smallpox?
A: palms and soles (centrifugal distribution)
Q: What is the progression of smallpox?
A: Erythematous macules (1-2), papules (2-4), vesicles and pustules (4-7), umbilicate and crust (5-15)
Q: T/F: There is a high fever that precedes the cutaneous eruption
A: True: Prodrome lasts 104 days > 101 degrees
Q: What histologic body do you see in smallpox?
A: Guarnier’s bodies
Q: How do you differentiate smallpox from chickenpox?
A: Smallpox follows a synchronous progression, whereas chickenpox has lesions in multiples stages of healing. There is no febrile prodrome that precedes the eruption in chickenpox.
Q: Vaccinia vaccination should never be given to what type of patient?
A: Atopic dermatitis – may develop eczema vaccinatum
Q: What are the vectors for monkeypox?
A: wild rodents and monkeys (prarie dogs in US).
Q: What disease do clinical lesions of monkeypox resemble?
A: Smallpox – except the lesions are seen in all stages of evolution
Q: What is the source of human infection seen in Cowpox?
A: Domestic Cat
Q: What are the diseases seen in parapoxvirus family and what do encode a homologue gene of?
A: Orf and Milker’s nodule – encode vascular endothelial growth factor
Q: Milker’s nodule is also known as?
A: Bovine papular stomatitis, pseudocowpox, also referred to as paravaccinia
Q: What are other names for Orf?
A: Ecthyma contagiosum, Scabby mouth disease
Q: What animals are responsible for transmission of Orf?
A: sheep, goats, oxen
Q: What is the treatment for both orf and milker’s nodule?
A: self limited – may use shave biopsy, or imiquimod
Q: Human tanapox, caused by Yatapoxvirus causes what type of eruption?
A: cheesy cyst like lesions
Q: What type of molluscum contagiosum is the most common in HIV?
A: MCV2
Q: What is the histologic body you see in MC?
A: Henderson Patterson inclusion bodies
Q: Giant MC is seen at what CD4 count in HIV patient?
A: Less than 50
Q: What viruses are included in Picornavirus group?
A: Enterovirus (poliovirus, coxsackievirus, echovirus), rhinovirus, hepatovirus
Q: What picornoaviruses most commonly cause disease?
A: Coxsackie A, Echovirus 9 (most prevalent enterovirus), Enterovirus type 70 and 71