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VIROLOGY Flashcards

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Smallest infectious agent (?)

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20 nm – 200 nm

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Electron microscope (?) – larger size

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20x20 nm – 250x300 nm

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– contain no enzymes associated with energy

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obligate parasite

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Either [?] (bacteria is both)

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RNA or DNA

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Metabolism is entirely dependent on the [?] for biosynthesis

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host cell

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Requires [?] in order to replicate

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living cells

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7
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largest DNA

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Poxviridae (pox virus)

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smallest DNA

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Parvoviridae

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largest RNA

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Paramyxoviridae

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10
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smallest RNA

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Enteroviridae (enetro virus)

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Eschunna Code of ancient Mesopotamia

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23 BC

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Bite of mad dogs to affect human disease or “Rabies”

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23 BC

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13
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The Natural History of Man

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Aristotle

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14
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Reviewed madness in dogs

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Aristotle

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15
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1796

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Edward Jenner

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16
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Used cowpox to vaccinate against smallpox

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Edward Jenner

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VARIOLATION by Chinese

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Edward Jenner

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With Sarah Nelmes (milkmaid)

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Edward Jenner

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19
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Small pox has been long eradicated

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Edward Jenner

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20
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1885

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Louis Pastuer

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21
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experimented with rabies vaccination

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Louis Pastuer

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22
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termed ”virus” and “vaccination”

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Louis Pastuer

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23
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experimented cholera, anthrax, rabies

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Louis Pastuer

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24
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1886

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John Buist

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25
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scottish pathologist

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John Buist

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26
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stained lymph from skin lesions of a smallpox

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John Buist

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27
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“elementary bodies” - infectious part of the microorganism

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John Buist

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28
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Smallpox virus particles

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John Buist

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29
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described the first “filterable” infectious agent called TMV

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Dmitri Iwanowski

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30
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smallest virus; smaller than bacteria; isolated in plants (leaf of tobacco)

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Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV)

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31
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first to discriminate viruses and other infectious agents

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Dmitri Iwanowski

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32
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1892

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Dmitri Iwanowski

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33
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1898

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Martinus Beijerinick

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34
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extended Iwanowski’s work with TMV (Tobacco Mosaic Virus)

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Martinus Beijerinick

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35
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developed the concept of the virus as a distinct entity

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Martinus Beijerinick

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36
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demonstrated foot and mouth disease

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Friedrich Loeffier (1852-1915) and Paul Frosch (1860-1928)

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37
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first to prove that viruses also affects plants and animals

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Friedrich Loeffier (1852-1915) and Paul Frosch (1860-1928)

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38
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1900

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Walter Reed

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39
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demonstrated that yellow fever is spread by mosquitos/insect vectors

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Walter Reed

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40
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proved that poliomyelitis is a virus

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Karl Landsteiner and Erwin Popper (1868-1943)

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41
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proved that viruses also infects humans

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Karl Landsteiner and Erwin Popper (1868-1943)

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42
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1908

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Karl Landsteiner and Erwin Popper (1868-1943)

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43
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demonstrated that a virus (Rous sarcoma virus) can cause cancer in chickens

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Francis Peyton Rous (1879-1970)

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44
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1911

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Francis Peyton Rous (1879-1970)

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45
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discovered viruses infecting bacteria (bacteriophage)

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Frederick Twort (1877-1950)

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46
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1915

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Frederick Twort (1877-1950)

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47
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1917

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Felix d’Herelle (1873-1949)

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48
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coins the term “bacteriophage”

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Felix d’Herelle

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49
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1938

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Max Theller (1899-1972)

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50
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developed a live attenuated vaccine against yellow fever transmitted via mosquito)

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Max Theller (1899-1972)

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51
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1940

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Helmuth Ruska (1908-1973)

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52
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used an electron microscope which showed complete virus particles or virions

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Helmuth Ruska (1908-1973)

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53
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1941

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George Hirst

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54
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demonstrated that influenza virus agglutinates red blood cells

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George Hirst

55
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demonstrated that bacteriophages mutate

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Salvador Luria (1912-1991) and Alfred Hershey (19081997)

56
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have an antigenic variation

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Salvador Luria (1912-1991) and Alfred Hershey (19081997)

57
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1945

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Salvador Luria (1912-1991) and Alfred Hershey (19081997)

58
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discovered interferon

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Alick Isaacs and Jean Lindemann

59
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protein part of the natural defenses (intact skin, macrophages, wbcs)

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Alick Isaacs and Jean Lindemann

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1957

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Alick Isaacs and Jean Lindemann

61
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proposed a “slow virus” is responsible for the prion disease kuru or zombie

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Carleton Gajdusek

62
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Kuru can be transmitted to chimpanzees

Eats human brains
Cannibalism

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Carleton Gajdusek

63
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– human disease

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Classic Creutzfeld Disease

64
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– infects sheeps and goats

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Scrapie

65
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demonstrated that bacteriophage T4 uses host cell ribosomes

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Sydney Brenner, Francois Jacob, and Matthew Meselson

66
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1961

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Sydney Brenner, Francois Jacob, and Matthew Meselson

67
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discovered Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)

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Baruch Blumberg

68
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First to develop anti-hepa B vaccine

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Baruch Blumberg

69
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1963

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Baruch Blumberg

70
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Aka non-A, non-B hepatitis

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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)

71
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First infectious agent to be identified by molecular cloning of the genome

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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)

72
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1989

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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)

73
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1989: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)

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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)

74
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Function: encode proteins required for viral penetration, transmission and replication

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NUCLEIC ACID

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RNA: plus stranded and minus stranded

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NUCLEIC ACID

76
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  • can serve directly as mRNA
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plus stranded

77
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  • anti-mRNA; needs the synthesis of a complementary RNA polymerase
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minus stranded

78
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All DNA viruses are double stranded except

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PARVOVIRIDAE

79
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All RNA viruses are single stranded except

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REOVIRIDAE

80
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May be linear or circular

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NUCLEIC ACID

81
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protein coat that encloses the genetic material

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CAPSID

82
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protects the nucleic acid and enables virus to attach to and enter host cell

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CAPSID

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Helical or Icosahedral

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CAPSID

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: protein subunits

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Capsomere

85
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complex of nucleic acid and capsid

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NUCLEOCAPSID

86
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nucleic acid genome surrounded by a symmetric protein coat

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NUCLEOCAPSID

87
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– the relationship of the nuclelc acid with the protein molecules yields a single rotational axis.

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Helical Symmetry

88
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Helical Symmetry

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TMV
Influenza virus

89
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– the nucleic acids ere condensed at the core of the structure and is surrounded by the protein coat

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Icosahedral Symmetry

90
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Icosahedral Symmetry

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Adenovirus

91
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Some large viruses have no regular symmetry

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bacteriophage

92
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characterized by

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20 triangle faces, 12 corners/apices & 30 edges

93
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the complete virus particle

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94
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(w/o ourter membrane or capside) – more infectious

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naked

95
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outer membrane surrounding the capsid aids in the attachment to host cell

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ENVELOPE

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Glycoprotein that functions as attachment or as an enzyme

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SPIKES

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A complete viral particle

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VIRION

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With circular RNA, molecules

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VIROID

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Without capsid and envelope

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VIROID

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Viroid-like particles

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VIRUSOIDS

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Passengers in virus capsids

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VIRUSOIDS

102
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believed to consist of a single type of protein molecule without Nucleic Acid content

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PRIONS

103
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most common cause of scrapie and CJD

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PRIONS

104
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a receptor-binding protein – for attachment to different cells, then command as virus cell particle

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VIRAL PROTEINS

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Viral enzymes:

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NEURAMIDASE

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RNA polymerase:

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TRANSCRIPTASE

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DNA polymerase:

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REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE

108
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CENTRAL DOGMA
– DNA converted to RNA
– mRNA converted to protein

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Transcription

Translation

109
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Bacterial virus (?)

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bacteriophage

110
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Plant virus (?)

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TMV

111
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Some arthropod-borne viruses (arbovirus); transmitted in a complex cycle Involving:

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Birds
Herbivores
Mosquitoes
Ocassionally humans

112
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Mosquitoes – most common:

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malaria, dengue, chikungunya, west nile virus

113
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: can infect several mammalian species, some of which act as vectors and transmit the disease to humans

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Rabies virus

114
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  • can infect both humans and ducks, as a result of gene interchange between strains of predominantly avian and strains of predominantly human
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Influenza Viruses

115
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the naked nuclerc acids of

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most plus strand RNA and most are infectious

116
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the RNA’s from the double stranded and from the minus-strand RNA viruses are

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not infectious

117
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According to Type of Genetic Material

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RNA
DNA

118
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According to Shape of Capsid

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Helical
Icosahedral

119
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Presence or Absence of Envelope

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Naked
Enveloped

120
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the Initial stage in the infections stage of any virus.

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ADSORPTION

121
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The virus adheres to specific recaptors, usual flycoproteins, on the host cef’s plasma membrane

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ADSORPTION

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Attachment and recognition

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ADSORPTION

123
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may be accomplished by membrane fusion or receptor mediated endocytosis

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PENETRATION

124
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process by which different classes of viruses enter the host cell in which they are able to replicate

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VIROPEXIS

125
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Non enveloped viruses may enter via translocation or pinocytosis, enveloped viruses typical enter via fusion once inside the host cell

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PENETRATION

126
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the nucleocapsids migrate into the cytoplasm, where cytoplasmic proteases or Viral proteases digest the protein layers, releasing the nucleic acid

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UNCOATING

127
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infectious agent cannot be recovered from culture

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UNCOATING

128
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involves replication of the nuclelc acid, the site of which is variable and synthesis of viral proteins in the cytoplasm

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SYNTHESIS

129
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structural proteins, genomes and enzymes are assembled

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ASSEMBLY

130
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: viral envelopes are acquired from host’s cell membrane, may not result to rapid cell death

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Budding

131
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causes rapid host cell death

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Lysis

132
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Replication in the cytoplasm or nucleus

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Naked Virus

133
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Budding

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Enveloped

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