Viral immunity Flashcards
viruses are
obligate intracellular pathogens
viruses depend on
host proteins and machineries for replicattion
viruses can have as a few genes as
3-4
viruses can have as many genes as
hundred
types of viral DNA
ssRNA
dsRNA
ssDNA
dsDN
DNA is enclosed within
the capsid
viruses can be
cytopathic and non cytopathic
cytopathic viruses induce
cell autophagy or apoptosis
non-cytopathic
doe not destroy cell
name two cytopathic viruses
- polio
- herpes
- influenza
name as cell with a latent stage
herpes
name a non-cytopathic virus
Hep-B
name 4 methods that viruses use to break and enter humans
- intestinal route
- respiratory rout
- insect vector
- blood born
intestinal viruses
polio
polio
enter the body via sampling M cells
respiratory viruses
influenza and rhino viruses
influenza and rhino viruses
enter via epithelial cells in the airway
insect vector
dengue fever and west nile virus
blood born
invade through mucosa or following epithelial trauma
how to viruses enter the body- simple
by exploiting special molecules as receptors for invasion
viral tropism
most virus’ invade using receptors with restricted tissue expression patterns
name three receptors that HIV used to invade
CD4, CCR5, CD209
CD4 type of receptor
Ig superfamily
CCR5 type of receptor
chemokine