Virology (HIV) Flashcards
what are the 3 structural genes in HIV
define function
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env (gp120 & gp41)
- Formed from cleaveage of gp160 to form envelope glycoproteins
- gp120 attachment to host CD4+ T cell
- gp 41 fusion and entry
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gag (p24)
- capsid protein
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pol
- reverse transcriptase,aspartate protease, integrase
Reverese trancriptase
define role in HIV
- synthesis dsDNA from RNA
- dsDNA incorporates into host genome
HIV virus binds to what on Tcells and Macrophages
- T cells
- CCR5 (early) and CXCR4 (late) co-receptor and CD4 on Tcell
- Macrophages
- CCR5 and CD4
define the type of mutation that causes slow infection of HIV and immunity against HIV.
- Heterozygous CCR5 mutation
- slow course
- Homozygous CCR5 mutation
- immunity
HIV diagnosis
- Test that is used to screen and confirm
- test that detemine viral load
- AIDS diagnosis
- HIV-+ w/AIDS defining condition
- Tests
- screenings: ELIZA
- confirmatory: Western blot
- Viral load test
- HIV PCR/viral load tests determine the amt of viral RNA in the plasma
- High viral load assoc w/poor prognosis
- Also use viral load to monitor effect of drug therapy
- AIDS diagnosis <200 CD4+ cells/mm3 (norm: 500-15000)
- Pneumocysitis pneuomina or CD4 percentage <14
ELISA./westernblot tests look for antibodies to viral proteins; these tests often are falsely negative in the first 1-2 months of HIV infection
what happens to babies of infected moms
Falsely positive initally in babies born to infected mothers (anti-gp120 crosses the pacenta)
What are the fours stages of untreated infection of HIV
Where does the latent phase replicate?
- Fours stages
- Flu like (acute)
- Feeling fine (latent)
- Falling count
- Final crisis
- During latent phase, virus replicates in lymph nodes.
common disease of HIV-positive adults
As CD4+ count dec, risk of reactivation of past infections (TB, HSV, shingles), dismination of bacterial infeciton adn fungal infection (coccidioidmycosis) and non-hodgkin lymphomas
increase
define the pathogen
clinical presentation: low grade fevers, cough, hepatosplenomegaly, tongue ulcer
Findings: oval yeasts cells w.in macrophages, CD4+ <100 cell/,,3
Histoplasm capsulatum (causes only pulmonary symptoms in immunocompetent host)
define the pathogen
clinical presentation: fluffy white cottage cheese lesions
- Findings:
- pseudohyphae commonly oral if CD4+<400 c/mm3
- esophageal if CD4+ <100 c/mm3
C. albicans (causes oral thrush and esophagitis)
define the pathogen
- clinical presentation: hairy leukoplakia
- Findings: often on lateral tongue
EBV
define the pathogen
- clinical presentation: superficial vascular proliferation
- Findings: biopsy reveals neuotrophilic inflammation
Bartonella henselase (causes bacillary angiomatosis)
define the pathogen
- clinical presentation: Chronic, watery, diarrhea
- Findings: Acid-fast cysts seen in stool especially when CD4+ <200 c/mm3
Cryptosporiidium spp.
define the pathogen
- clinical presentation: abscesses
- Findings: Many ring-enhancings lesions on imaging, CD4+ < 100 cels/mm3
Toxoplasma gondii
define the pathogen
- clinical presentation: Dementia
- Findings: Must differentiate from other causes
Directly associated with HIV