Virology Flashcards
T/F: all helical viruses are enveloped
True
T/F: all naked viruses are icosahedral
True
Which viral protein is responsible for evasion of host defense?
Antigenic (serotypic) variants
Lipid membrane is acquired as the virus exits from the cell in the process called
Budding
All enveloped viruses acquire envelope from plasma membrane except
Herpesvirus - from nuclear membrane
T/F: enveloped viruses are more stable and harder to inactivate
False
Infectious/not infectious?: naked nucleic acids of (-) strand ssRNA and dsRNA viruses
Not infectious
Infectious/not infectious?: purified nucleic acids of most dsDNA (except poxviruses and HBV)
Infectious
Infectious/not infectious?: (+) strand genome ssRNA viruses
Infectious
Cause of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Prions
Nonpathogenic as alpha-helix
Pathogenic as beta-pleated sheet
T/F: all viruses are haploid
False - retroviruses are not haploid
Viruses with segmented genomes
BOAR Bunyaviruses Orthomyxoviruses (influenza) Arenaviruses Reoviruses (Rotavirus)
Negative-strand RNA viruses
Always Bring Polymerase Or Fail Replication Arenaviruses Bunyaviruses Paramyxoviruses Orhtomyxoviruses Filoviruses Rhabdoviruses
When one virus produces a protein that can be used by another virus
Complementation
Eg. Hepatitis D and B
2 different viruses infect the same cell
Phenotypic mixing
Responsible for causing epidemics
Genomic ressortment
Phase in viral growth curve: no virus is detectable
Phase 2 eclipse period
Phase in viral growth curve: amount of detectable viruses reached plateau
Phase 4 latent period
Phase in viral growth curve: derrangement if cell function –> lysis and cell death, remarkable amplification in number of viral particles
Phase 5 cytopathic effect
What are the phases of the viral growth curve?
Phase 0: entry Phase 1: decline Phase 2: eclipse period Phase 3: rise period Phase 4: latent period Phase 5: cytopathic effect
Phase in viral growth curve: viruses decrease in number but continues to function
Phase 1: decline
Visual or functional change in infected cells
Cytopathic effect
Oncogenic viruses induce transformation and unrestrained growth
Malignant transformation
Infected cells appear normal but are producing large numbers of progeny viruses
Commensal symbiosis
Bind cytokines and block their ability to nteract with receptors on their intended targets
Cytokine decoys
Reduce the expression of antigen presenting cells and inactivate complement
Virokines
Produce viruse for long periods of time and can serve as a source of infection for others
Carrier state
Not producing virus at the present but can be reactivated at a subsequent time
Latent infections
Long incubation period, often measured in years
Slow virus infections
Laboratory diagnosis: definitive
Complement fixation, hemagglutination inhibition, neutralization, fluorescent-antibody assay, radioimmunoassay, ELISA
Gold standard in viral diagnosis
Presence of viral DNA or RNA
Killed vaccines
RIP Always Rabies Influenza Polio (Salk's) hepatitis A