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Virology Flashcards

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Poxviridae characteristics

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  • Zoonotic infections
  • Man is accidental host
  • Usually transmitted by direct contact
  • Molluscum contagiosum also sexually transmitted
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Poxvirus types

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  • Variola major
  • Cowpox
  • Molluscum contagiosum
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Variola major

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Host: Man
Disease: Smallpox

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Cowpox virus

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Host: cattle
Disease: hemorrhagic ulcer

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Molluscum contagiosum

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Host: man
Disease: chronic, multiple nodules (umbilicated appearance), vesicular rash on face and neck

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Parvoviridae (parvovirus) types

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• Parvovirus B19

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Parvovirus B19

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Transmission: aerosol
Disease: Erythema infectiosum (slapped cheek syndrome)

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Hepadnaviridae (hepadnavirus) characteristics

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Transmitted through
• injection (parenteral)
• sexual contact
• perinatal route (vertical)

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Hepadnavirus types

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Hepatitis B

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Hepatitis B characteristics

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Host: man
Disease: hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer

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Herpesviridae (herpesvirus) types

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  • HSV-1
  • VZV
  • EBV
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HSV-1

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Transmission: oral, close contact
Disease: gingivostomatitis (cold sores)

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VZV (Varicella Zoster Virus)

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Transmission: aerosol, close contact, congenital
Disease: varicella (chickenpox), zoster (shingles)

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EBV (Epstein-Barr Virus)

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Transmission: close contact
Disease: Burkitt’s lymphoma
Infectious mononucleosis

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Papillomaviridae (papillomavirus) types

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HPV

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HPV

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• Transmission: close contact
Disease: warts
• Transmission: genital
Disease: condyloma acuminata (genital warts), cervical cancer

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Adenoviridae (adenovirus) characteristics

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Transmission: respiratory aerosol/ocular secretions
Diseases:
• Respiratory
• Conjunctivitis
• Haemorrhagic cystitis
• Gastroenteritis
• Pharyngitis, pharyngeal-conjunctival fever (infants)
• Tonsils infection
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Caliciviridae (calicivirus) characteristics

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Transmitted through food and water (fecal-oral spread)

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Calicivirus types

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  • Human Norwalk virus

* Human Sapporo virus

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Human Norwalk virus

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Host: man
Disease: Epidemic gastroenteritis (vomiting in children, diarrhoea in adults)

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Human Sapporo virus

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Host: man
Disease: acute gastroenteritis in children

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Astroviridae (astrovirus) characteristics

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Transmitted through contaminated food and water (fecal-oral spread)

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Astrovirus type

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Human astrovirus

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Human astrovirus

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Host: man
Disease: gastroenteritis outbreaks (diarrhoea in children)

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Picornaviridae (picornavirus) characteristics

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  • Transmission: fecal-oral, aerosol routes

* Vectors: cockroaches and flies

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Picornavirus types

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  • Coxsackievirus A

* Enterovirus

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Coxsackievirus A

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Transmission: fecal-oral
Disease: Herpangina (ulcer on fauces)

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Enterovirus

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Transmission: fecal-oral
Disease: HFMD

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Reoviridae (reovirus) types

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Rotavirus

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Transmission: fecal-oral
Disease: gastroenteritis (esp children)

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Coronaviridae (coronavirus) characteristics

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Transmission: droplet aerosol

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Coronavirus type

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SARS coronavirus

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SARS coronavirus

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Host: civet cats

Disease/ SARS

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Paramyxoviridae (paramyxovirus) types

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  • Mumps

* Measles

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Mumps

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Transmission: aerosol
Disease: Parotitis (inflammation of parotid gland)

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Measles

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Transmission: aerosol
Disease: measles (erythematous rash)

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Nipah virus

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  • Transmission: close contact with infected pigs
  • Hosts: fruit bats
  • Disease: encephalitis
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Orthomyxoviridae (orthomyxovirus) types

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• Influenza A

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Influenza A

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Host: man, animals
Transmission: aerosol
Disease: acute respiratory disease

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Filoviridae (filovirus) characteristics

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  • Tubular and enveloped virus

* Transmitted via direct contact with blood

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Filoviridae (filovirus) types

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Ebola virus

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Host: man
Disease: Haemorrhagic fever

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Rhabdoviridae (rhabdovirus) characteristics

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  • Bullet-shaped enveloped virus

* Transmitted via bites of infected mammals

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Rhabdovirus types

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Rabies

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Host: all forms of mammals
Disease: rabies, incl fatal encephalitis

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Flaviviridae (flavivirus) characteristics

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Hosts: birds, animals, man (accidental: zoonotic)

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Flavivirus types

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Dengue

Hepatitis C

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Dengue

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Host: man
Disease: Haemorrhagic fever

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Hepatitis C

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Host: blood
Disease: hepatitis, cirrhosis

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Retrovirus types

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HIV

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Host: man
Disease: AIDS

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