Virology Flashcards
True or False: Positive RNA can be translated directed to protein.
True - generally translated to negative strands and then made into many positive strand
What is the best way to view viruses?
Electron microscope - 20nM
-300nM
True or false: Viruses do not need an extracellular phase to be considered a virus.
False - particles must pass from cell to cell, throughout body, or between individuals
What are 5 characteristics for classifying viruses
- Particle type - icosahedral, filamentous, enveloped, naked
- Tissue tropism
- Disease etiology
- Serology - cross reaction
- Genome type
Capsid
Protein shell of a virus - can be either naked or enveloped
Plaque Assey
Tissue culture for quantitating infectious virus - apply serial dilutions of virus and drug or neutralizing antibody
Focus Assay
Viruses promoting cell growth rather than death
Virus replication is characterized by an initial _______ and then rapid growth and _____.
- Gully
2. Burst
What are the properties of Picornavirus?
Icosahedral \+ssRNA no lipid envelope no tegument Mostly pH stable
Enterovirus, rhinovirus, hepatovirus, parechovirus and kobuvirus are all types of what virus?
Picornavirus - most common agent of common cold
Enterovirus has what type of transmission?
Fecal/oral - via water supply - capsid is resistant to mild sewage treatment
What is characteristic of paralytic poliomyelitis
Asymmetric flaccid paralysis
What does polio virus isolated in the oropharynx look like?
Asympotomatic - viremia is what looks like slight flu
Where can picornavirus (polio) be isolated from?
Throat, stool, or CSF
What is the attributed as the cause of the polio epidemic?
Indoor plumbing: children no longer encounter the virus at a young age when they have maternal antibodies - worse disease
How does picornavirus/polio virus ensure its ssRNA gets translated quickly?
- Its + sense
2. It has a 5’ end that grabs ribosomes
How many proteins does picorna/polio virus encode?
One - it uses proteases to cleave different products
What are three targets for therapy for picornavirus
- Protease inhibitors
- RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase
- Block entry
Where does picornavirus replicate?
Cytoplasm
What is a major challenge for -RNA viruses?
Encode enzymes to translate it to +sense
What are characteristics of adenovirus?
- dsDNA
- Icosahedral capsid w/ penton spikes
- fecal/oral transmission
- Frequent unapparent
respiratory infection - Many serotypes
What is something that picornavirus and adenovirus have in common?
They both use the coxsackie/adenovirus receptor to mediate entry
Where does adenovirus replicate?
Nucleus
What are characteristics of an acute infection?
- Rapid onset
- Active virus + immune response → pathogen cleared, memory
- Immunopathology from overactive immune response