Viral Pathogenesis

Question 1

Which type of virus is more resitant?

Answer 1

Naked Virus

As enveloped virus have to remain wet, can’t survive in the GI tract.

Question 2

What’s a tropism?

Answer 2

Viral affinity for specific body tissues.

Question 3

What mechanism of viral release is exclusive of enveloped virus?

Answer 3

Budding

Question 4

What are syncythia?

Answer 4

Giant multinucleated cell

Helps escaping antibody detection

HIV, Herpes simplex, Varicella Zoster Virus

Question 5

An example of an ocogenic virus.

Answer 5

Epstein-Barr

Enstein con un melatoma en un bar

Question 6

Lytic Virus

Answer 6

Influenza Virus

Question 7

Persitent infection

Exocytosis, budding. Non-lytic

Answer 7

Hepatitis B and C

Question 8

Latent infection

Answer 8

Herpes Simplex Virus

Question 9

DNA of influenza virus

Answer 9

Negative single stranded RNA fragmented in 8 pieces.

Question 10

Spikes of influenza

Answer 10

Hemagglutinin and Neuroaminidase spikes-

Question 11

In the Covid pandemic, (seasonal pandemic):

There was an Antigenic drift or shift?

Answer 11

Shift

New strains originated.

Question 12

Which phages have two reproductive choices?

Answer 12

Temperate phages

Question 12

Synonim word for lytic

Answer 12

Cytocidal

Cyto = cell , Cidal = suicidal : cell death , lysis