Virus Generalities Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

ALL DNA viruses are icosahedral EXCEPT

A

Poxvirus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Most RNA viruses have helical symmetry EXCEPT

A
Flaviviruses
Caliciviruses
Reoviruses
Picornaviruses
Togaviruses
Hepevirus
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

All enveloped viruses acquire their envelope from plasma membrane EXCEPT

A

Herpes virus (nuclear membrane)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

NAKED DNA VIRUS

A

Papillomavirus
Adenovirus
Parvovirus
Polyomavirus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

NAKED RNA VIRUS

A

Calicivirus
Picornavirus
Reovirus
Hepevirus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

All viruses are haploid except

A

Retrovirus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

RNA viruses have segmented genome

A

BOAR

Bunyavirus (3 segments)
Orthomyxovirus (8 segments)
Arenavirus (2 segments)
Reovirus (10 segments)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Only viruses with double stranded RNA genome

A

Reoviridae

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Negative Strand RNA viruses

A

Always Bring Polymerase Or Fail Replication

Arenavirus
Bunyavirus
Paramyxovirus
Orthomyxovirus
Filovirus
Rhabdovirus
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Most DNA viruses have both a negative and positive strand EXCEPT

A

Parvovirus (single stranded DNA genome)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

All double stranded DNA have icosahedral symmetry EXCEPT

A

Poxvirus (DNA has complex structural proteins)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

EXCHANGE of genes between 2 chromosomes by crossing over within base sequence homology

A

Recombination

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

SEGMENTED viruses exchange genetic material

A

Reassortment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Functional + NONfunctional = Functional

A

Complementation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

NO GENE EXCHANGE

Simultaneous infection with 2 viruses

A

Phenotypic Mixing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

LIVE VACCINES

A
MMR
Japanese Encephalitis
Oral Polio
Varicella
Intranasal Influenza
Typhoid fever
BGC
Smallpox
17
Q

DNA Viruses

A

HHAPPPPy viruses

Hepadnavirus
Herpesvirus
Adenovirus
Poxvirus
Parvovirus
Polyomavirus
Papillomavirus
18
Q

All DNA viruses have double stranded DNA EXCEPT

A

Parvovirus

19
Q

All DNA viruses have linear DNA EXCEPT

A

Papilloma
Polyoma
Hepadna

20
Q

All DNA viruses are icosahedral EXCEPT

A

Poxvirus

21
Q

All DNA viruses replicate in the nucleus EXCEPT

A

Poxvirus

22
Q

All RNA viruses have single stranded RNA EXCEPT

A

Reovirus and Rotavirus

23
Q

All RNA viruses replicate in the CYTOPLASM EXCEPT

A

Influenza and Retrovirus

24
Q

PICORNAVIRIDAE

A

PERCHed on a PIC

Poliovirus
Echovirus
Rhinovirus
Coxsackievirus
Hepatitis A virus