VIROLOGY Flashcards
site of latency of HSV-2
lumbosacral ganglia
all viruses are haploid except
retroviruses
o the antigen of the core of the virus (HBsAg removed)
o antibodies are not protective but yield information about the state of infection
o positive antibodies seen during the “window period” (a period of active infection)
HBcAg
interacts with the CD4 receptor in HIV
gp120
hepatocellular injury due to immune attack - NO cytopathic effect (host CD8+ T cells destroy infected hepatocytes)
HEPATITIS B VIRUS
MUMPS complications
Parotitis, Orchitis, Meningitis (aseptic)
most common cause of aseptic meningitis
ENTEROVIRUSES (Coxsackie virus, poliovirus and echovirus)
o painful vesicles along dermatomal distribution
o debilitating pain (postherpetic neuralgia)
Zoster
subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a potential complication of ___
Measles
• “thread-like” viruses
• longest viruses
- outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in Zaire (1976)
- 100% mortality rate
EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER
aseptic meningitis POLIO
nonparalytic poliomyelitis
o fever and severe pleuritic-type chest pain
o pain due to an infection of the intercostal muscles (myositis), not of the pleura
Pleurodynia sec to coxackie
- only causes disease in immunocompromised hosts
- causes progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in patients with AIDS
- demyelinating disease that affects oligodendrocytes characterized by deficits in speech, coordination, and memory
JC POLYOMA VIRUS
ATTACHMENT PROTEIN of HIV
gp 120 / Surface Protein (SU)
only DNA virus that produces DNA by reverse transcription with mRNA as the template
HEPADNAVIRIDAE (HEPA B)
The most common sites of viral infection and disease is the
Oropharynx and respiratory tract
ANTIGENIC SHIFTS cause
PANDEMICS
o major changes based on the reassortment of segments of the genome RNA
SUDDEN CHANGE in molecular structure
o EXAMPLE: when human flu A virus recombines with swine flu A virus
o a soluble component of the viral core
o presence connotes high infectivity
HBeAg
- Called “orphans” because they were not initially associated with any disease
- Now known to cause aseptic meningitis, upper respiratory tract infection, febrile illness with and without rash, infantile diarrhea, and hemorrhagic conjunctivitis.
ECHOVIRUS
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Herpangina
- fever, sore throat, and tender vesicles in oropharynx
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Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
- vesicular rash on hands and feet and ulcerations in the mouth
- Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis
COXSACKIE VIRUS
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o presence of this antibody indicates that patient is immune and/or cured
o NO active disease present
Anti-HBsAg
PARAMYXOVIRUSES
PaRaMyxoviruses
Parainfluenza virus
RSV
Measles virus
Mumps virus
only virus with fibers
ADENOVIRUS
- pinkish, papular skin lesions with an umbilicated center
- HP: Henderson-Paterson bodies - intracytoplasmic eosinophilic inclusions
- transmission: direct contact
- treatment: Cidofovir
MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS
presence connotes low infectivity
Anti-HBeAg
HHV 6
ROSEOLA / EXANTHEM SUBITUM / SIXTH DISEASE
directs entry of the double-stranded DNA provirus into the nucleus, and is later essential for the process of virus assembly; Outer matrix Protein
MA / p17
• member of flavivirus family
• most common cause of epidemic encephalitis
- most prevalent in SEA
- transmitted by Culex mosquitoes
• thalamic infarcts on CT scan
JAPANESE B ENCEPHALITIS
- preferentially infects and kills helper (CD4+) T lymphocytes
- loss of cell-mediated immunity
- high probability of opportunistic infections
- main immune response consists of cytotoxic (CD8+) lymphocytes
HIV
infected cells appear normal, but are producing large numbers of progeny viruses
Commensal Symbiosis
infect squamous cells and induce formation of cytoplasmic vacuole (koilocytes)
HPV
causes major outbreaks of influenza
*Does not lead to pandemic
Influenza B
o most common cause of MYOCARDITIS AND PERICARDITIS
o fever, chest pain, and signs of congestive failure.
COXSACKIE VIRUS
HP: Negri body
RABIES
Type-specific envelope glycoproteins in HIV
gp120 and gp41
all enveloped viruses acquire their envelope from plasma membrane EXCEPT
herpes virus (from nuclear membrane)
ALL RNA viruses have SINGLE-STRANDED RNA except
REO AND ROTAVIRUS (dsRNA)
describes a collection of inflammatory disorders associated with paradoxical worsening of preexisting infectious processes (HBV, HCV, MAC, MAI, etc.) following the initiation HAART in HIV-infected individuals
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS)
In Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the virus binds to which receptor?
ACE-2 receptor
The only positive among vaccinated patients
Anti-HBs
old infection is present
IgG anti-HBcAg
most common clinical form of POLIO; mild, febrile illness with headache, sore throat, nausea, and vomiting.
abortive poliomyelitis
Coreceptors of HIV where gp 120 binds on the surface of the cells. Binding to these coreceptors are impt for HIV to infect normal cells.
CXCR 4 - located on T-cells
CCR 5 - T cells, macrophages, monocytes and dendritic cells
o Induce humoral and cell-mediated immunity but may revert to virulence on rare occasions
o Dangerous to give to immunocompromised patients or their close contacts
Live-Attenuated Vaccines
steeple sign on x-ray
LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS (CROUP) secondary to PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1 AND 2
PICORNAVIRIDAE
PERCHed on a PIC (peak).
Poliovirus
Echovirus
Rhinovirus
Coxsackievirus
Hepatis A virus
PICornaviridae
Most DNA viruses have BOTH a negative strand and a positive strand except
PARVOVIRUSES, which have single-stranded DNA genome
FUSION PROTEIN of HIV
gp41 / Transmembrane Protein (TM)
o genital warts (condyloma acuminata)
o respiratory tract papilloma
o most common viral STD
• HPV-6 and 11
pathognomonic Koplik spots - bright red lesions with a white, central dot on buccal mucosa
MEASLES
most common cause of childhood diarrhea
ROTAVIRUS
DOC for Influenza
Oseltamivir or Zanamivir
• Amantadine or rimantadine for influenza A only
- no chronic carrier state
- no cirrhosis
- no hepatocellular carcinoma
- high mortality in pregnant women
HEPATITIS E
- retrovirus causing adult T-cell leukemia and HTLV associated myelopathy
- HP: malignant T cells with flower-shaped nucleus
HUMAN T-CELL LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS (HTLV)
DOC for HSV
Acyclovir
o shortens the duration of the lesions
o reduces the extent of shedding of the virus
o no effect on the latent state
MCC of COMMON COLDS
RHINOVIRUS
- Replicate better at 33°C than at 37°C → they affect primarily the nose and conjunctiva rather than the lower respiratory tract.
- Acid-labile → killed by gastric acid when swallowed → they do not infect the gastrointestinal tract, unlike the enteroviruses.
- genital herpes
- painful anogenital vesicles
- neonatal herpes
- contact within birth canal
- aseptic meningitis
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2
bind cytokines and block their ability to interact with their intended targets
cytokine decoys
Influenza that causes worldwide epidemics (pandemics)
Influenza A
*Each year, influenza is the most common cause of respiratory tract infections.
Examples of Live Attenuated Vaccines
§ MMR (the only live-attenuated vaccine that can be given to HIV-positive patients who do not show signs of immunodeficiency)
§ Influenza (intranasal)
§ Smallpox
§ Sabin’s polio vaccine
§ Chicken pox
§ Rotavirus
§ Yellow fever