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Virus Classification Flashcards

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Obligate intracellular organism

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– requires a host cell to replicate

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Icosahedral

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-capsomers make up a multi-sided shape

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Helical

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– capsomers make up a coiled ribbon

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Complex

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– small poxvirus

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Naked

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– more environmentally stable (temp, acid, enzymes), survive in gut, spread by hands, fomites, droplets

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Enveloped

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– more environmentally unstable, must stay wet, spread via large droplets, organ transplants, blood products

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Envelope

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– lipid bilayer acquired by budding through membranes of host cells, contain viral glycoproteins (spikes)

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Glycoproteins

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– contained in lipid envelope, involved in viral attachment to cellular receptors → GP 120 of HIV

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Non-structural proteins

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– derived from viral genome but not incorporated into the viron structure, target of therapy (NS3 of HCV)

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Receptor-mediated fusion

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– virus binds to cell receptor → cell membrane and viral membrane fuse → nucleocapsid is released

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Receptor-mediated endocytosis

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– entire virus is endocytosed into a vesicle → release of nucleocapsid

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Uncoating at the cell surface

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– bind to cell receptor → viral genome only is threaded through membrane pore

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RNA

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– RNA transcriptase to replicate in the cytoplasm, except orthomyxoviruses use part of the nucleus

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DNA

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– DNA-directed RNA polymerase to replicate in the nucleus, except the poxviruses (has its own RNA polymerase)

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Retrovirus

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– both cytoplasm and nucleus using reverse transcriptase, to integrate into the host genome

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Assembly/Maturation

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– can occur in different compartments of the cell

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Enveloped

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– bud through nuclear membrane, ER, or cellular membrane to acquire envelope

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Classification of viruses:

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Order (virales) → family (viridae) → subfamily (virinae) → genus (virus) → species

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DNA Viruses: HHAPPPy

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Hepadna
Herpes
Adeno
Parvo
Papova
Pox
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Parvo

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–smallest, ssDNA, B19

Diseases – Fifth disease, aplastic crisis, spontaneous abortions, hydrops fetalis

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Adeno

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– linear dsDNA

Diseases – acute respiratory, pharyngitis, gastroenteritis, conjunctivitis

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Papova

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– papilloma, polyoma, vacuolating, circular dsDNA

Ex: JC and BK viruses, SV-40

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Naked: PAP smear, all icosahedral, nuclear replication

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Parvo, Adeno, Papova

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DNA Viruses

Enveloped:

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-icosahedral and nuclear, pox = complex, cytoplasm

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DNA Viruses

Naked: PAP smear, all icosahedral, nuclear replication

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Parvo
Adeno
Papova

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DNA Viruses

Enveloped: icosahedral and nuclear, pox = complex, cytoplasm

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Hepadna
Herpes
Pox

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RNA Viruses:

Negative Strand:

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Negative Strand: carry RNA polymerase to convert into + strand RNA → proteins

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RNA Viruses:

Mneumonic – Bunnies myxed with rhabies are thought to fight in delta arenas

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Bunya
Paramyxo
Orthomyxo
Rhabdo
Filo
dsRNA Reoviruses
Arena
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RNA Viruses: Naked – cytoplasm replication

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Filo

Reoviruses

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RNA Viruses

Enveloped – helical RNA, cytoplasm

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Rhabdo
Paramyxo
Orthomyxo 
Arena
Bunya
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Ambisense genome

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– viral RNA and complementary RNA code for protein, ex: Bunya and Arena

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Filo

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– filamentous, ssRNA, Ebola and Marburg viruses

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Reoviruses

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– respiratory enteric orphan virus - double capsid, dsRNA, Rotaviruses

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Rhabdo

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– bullet-shaped, Rabies virus

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Paramyxo

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– pleomorphic, ssRNA, cause fusion of cells (syncytia), RSV, measles, mumps, parainfluenza

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Orthomyxo

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– 8 ssRNA with each w/ its own nucleocapsid, cytoplasm and nucleus, influenza viruses

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Arena

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– 2 ssRNA, host ribosomes, rodent vectors

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Bunya

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– 3 ssRNA, insect vectors

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Positive Strand RNA:

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acts like mRNA, polyprotein cleaved into smaller pieces, + strands copied from - strand

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RNA Positive Strand:

Mneumonic: A retro toga party with flavorful pico de gallo and coronas

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Retro 
Toga 
Flavi 
Picorna 
Corona
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RNA Positive Strand: Naked - icosahedral

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Calici

Picorna

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RNA Positive Strand Enveloped

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Flavi
Toga
Corona
Retro

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Flavi

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– icosahedral, ssRNA, ARBOvirus (arthropod vector), ex: yellow, fever, West Nile, Dengue, HCV

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Toga

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– icosahedral, ssRNA, ex: Arbovirus, alphaviruses

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Corona

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– ssRNA, largest RNA genome, ex: URTI, common cold

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Retro

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– 2 ssRNA, reverse transcriptase, integrate DNA into host genome, nucleus and cytoplasm replication, oncornavirus (HTLV-1) and Lenitiviruses (HIV)

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Calici

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–ssRNA, Norwalk virus

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Picorna

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– small, ssRNA, Entero (Polio, Coxsackie, Echo, Hep A) and Rhinoviruses (common cold)

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