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Virology intro Flashcards

1
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an obligate intracellular parasite, that is among the smallest of all infectious agents and capable of
infecting an animal, insect, plant, or bacterial cell.

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Virus

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The emergence of a new viral disease across a very large geographic region (worldwide) with prolonged
human-to-human transmission

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Pandemic

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3
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Incapable of replication without a
living host cell

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Virus

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4
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Replicate only in living cells

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Virus

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5
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Only contain one nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)

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Virus

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6
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Viruses are inert in extracellular environment

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Virus

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7
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Most of the pandemics recorded had been caused by an _____________

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Influenza virus

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8
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Major change in the nucleic acid of a virus.

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Genetic virus

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9
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major changes that result in novel viral antigens

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Antigenic virus

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10
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minor changes that occur continuously over time as the virus replicates

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Antigenic drift

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11
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The protein shell, or coat, that encloses the nucleic acid genome.

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Capsid

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12
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Morphologic units seen in the electron microscope on the surface of icosahedral virus particles.

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Capsomeres

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13
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represent clusters of polypeptides, but the morphologic units do not necessarily correspond to the chemically defined structural units.

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Capsomeres

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14
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A virus particle that is functionally deficient in some aspect of replication.

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Defective virus

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15
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The basic protein building blocks of the coat.

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Structural units

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16
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They are usually a collection of more than one nonidentical protein subunit. The structural unit is often referred

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protomer

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17
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A single folded viral polypeptide chain.

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Subunit

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18
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The complete virus particle.

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Virion

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19
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Basic classification of virology

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Virion morphology
Virus genome properties
Genome organization and replication
Virus protein properties
Antigenic properties
Physicochemical properties of the virion
Biologic properties

20
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tend to be stable,losing little infectivity after several hours at 37°C

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Icosahedral

21
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are much more heat labile, rapidly dropping in titer at 37°C

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Enveloped

22
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Reaction to Physical and Chemical Agents

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Heat and cold
Stabilization of Viruses by Salts
pH
Radiation
Ether Susceptibility
Detergents
Formaldehyde
Photodynamic Inactivation
Antibiotics and Other Antibacterial Agents

23
Q

Viral infectivity is generally destroyed

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heating at 50-60°C for 30 minutes

24
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usually stable between pH values of

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5.0 and 9.0

25
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‼️‼️‼️REMINDER‼️‼️‼️‼️

All viruses are destroyed by alkaline condition

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26
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Many viruses can be stabilized by salts in
concentrations of

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1 mol/L

27
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Can be used to distinguish viruses that possess an envelope from those that donot

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Ether Susceptibility

28
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solubilize lipid constituents of viral membranes

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Nonionic detergents

29
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also solubilize viral envelopes

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Anionic detergents

30
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Destroys viral infectivity by reacting with
nucleic acid

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Formaldehyde

31
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Viruses are penetrable to a varying degree by vital dyes such as

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toluidine blue
neutral red
proflavine

32
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Common Methods of Inactivating Viruses for Various Purposes

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Sterilization
Surface disinfectants
Skin disinfectants
Vaccine production may involve the
use of

33
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Sterilization

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  • steam under pressure
  • dry heat
  • ethylene oxide
  • > y-irradiation
34
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Surface disinfectants

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  • sodium hypochlorite
  • glutaraldehyde
  • formaldehyde
  • peracetic acid
35
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Skin disinfectants

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  • chlorhexidine
  • 70% ethanol
  • iodophors
36
Q

Vaccine production may involve the
use of

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  • formaldehyde
  • b-propiolactone
  • psoralen + ultraviolet irradiation
  • detergents
37
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Viral Replication

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Attachment
Penetration
Uncoating
Macromolecular synthesis
Viral assemble
Release

38
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First step of the infectious cycle

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Attachment (absorption)

39
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One mechanism of penetration is fusion of the viral envelope with the host cell membrane

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Penetration (virus entry or engulfment)

40
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Occurs once the virus are being internalized

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Uncoating

41
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Physical separation of the viral nucleic acid from the outer structural components of virion

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Uncoating

42
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Production of nucleic acid and protein polyester

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Macromolecular synthesis

43
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Process by which structural proteins, genomes and in some cases viral enzymes are assembled into virus particles

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Viral assemble

44
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‼️‼️‼️Reminder‼️‼️‼️

Acquisition of an enveloped is the final step in viral assemble

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45
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Viral Detection Methods

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  1. Cytology and Histology
  2. Immunodiagnostics (Antigen Detection)
  3. Enzyme-Linked Virus-Inducible System
  4. Nucleic Acid Based Methods
  5. Cell Culture
  6. Matrix-Assisted Desorption lonization
    Time-of-Fligh Mass Spectrometry

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