Viruses Flashcards
Tacaribe, Guanarito, Junin and Machupo
New world Arena virus
Mus musculus
Mastomys natalensis
Old world Arena virus
Meningitis
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
hemorrhagic fever + influenza like
Lassa Virus
Sand shape appearance in electron microscope
Acquired through inhalation from infected rodent or direct contact
Arenavirus
Transmitted by mosquito, ticks and sandfly
Bunyavirus
LaCrosse & California Encephalitis
Brain and liver
Hemorrhagic Fever
Vascular Endothelium and Liver
Small( 30 to 38) nm rounded nonenveloped that cause gastroenteritis to humans
Calcivirus
acquired from civet cat that originated from Guangdong, China
SARS-COV1
possibly acquired from pangolin that originated for Wuhan, China.
SARS-COV2
Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus and Aedes polynesiansis.
Dengue vectors
Major protein in dengue virus
E for envelope protein
Previously under calicivirus;
High Case Fatality Rate in Pregnant Women
( 10-20%)
Hepevirus
Do not have segments that’s why they don’t undergo antigenic shift
Paramyxovirus
Highly contagious accompanied by maculopapular rash and fever
Measles or Morbilivirus
Associated with winter epidemics bronchiolitis and pneumonia which is common in children
Metapneumovirus
The most common cause of aseptic meningitis or inflammation of brain parenchyma
Primary MOT: respiratory or gastrointestinal
Enteroviruses
NAKED virus
PIcornavirus, REovirus, CAlicivirus,PApovavirus, PArvovirus, ADEnovirus
Protein shell or coat that encloses the nucleic acid
Capsid
Nucleic acid + Capsid (Enclosed)
Nucleocapsid
Morphological units seen on the surface of particles
Capsomeres
A lipid containing membrane that surrounds some viral particles
Envelope
Protomers are the smallest functional unit equivalent to building units of the capsid
Structural Units
Shell vial
Cell culture
Derived from animals
Primary cell culture
derived from embryonic tissues
Semi-continuous cell culture
derived from tumor or malignant tissues
Continuous cell culture
Largest DNA virus
Poxivurs
Smallest DNA virus
Parvovirus
All are double stranded DNA virus EXCEPT
Parvovirus
All DNA virus are icosahedral Except
Poxvirus
All DNA virus are enveloped Except
PAvovavirus, ADEnovirus, PArvovirus
DNA virus that multiplies in cytoplasm
Poxvirus
Grape like cluster
Adenovirus
DNA virus: Gastroenteritis in children
Adenovirus serotype 40 and 41
Recurrence of skin lesion after primary infection
HSV1 and HSV 2
Latency: SENSORY NERVE GANGLIA
HSV1 and HSV 2
Cold sores or Fever blisters, Gingivostomatitis, Herpes Labialis, Keratitis, Pharyngitis, Herpetic Whitlow, Encephalitis
HSV1
Genital infection
HSV2
Transmitted through personal contact especially respiratory
VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS
Chicken pox
Varicella
Zoster
Shingles
Presence of skin rash with blisters that look like skin rashes, dew drops in a rose petal
Varicella Zoster
Transmitted through saliva
Epstein barr/HHV4
Causative agent of Infectious mononucleosis ( Glandular Fever), Burkitt lymphoma and Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Epstein barr/HHV4
latency: B VIRUS
Epstein barr/HHV4
Salivary gland virus
Bull’s eye
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS/ HHV-5
Transmitted through close contact with secretions, blood transfusion (WBC), organ transplant and transplacenta
Viral mental retardation and congenital disease
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS/ HHV-5
Transmitted through respiratory secretions; almost all children from age 2-3 years old
Latency: CDS/T HEPLER CELLS
HUMAN HERPES VIRUS-6(HHV-6) AND HHV 7
Fever w/ short rash
Lymphotropic virus and Roseola (Exanthem subitum)
Kaposi Sarcoma
Rhadinovirus/HHV8
Cause warts and exhibit tropism in cutaneous and mucocutaneous
Papillomavirus
plantar warts
HPV1
Warts of the Hand
HPV2 and HPV4
Genital warts
HPV6 and HPV11
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis
HPV5 and HPV8
Hecks’s Disease/Pocal epithelial hyperplasia
HPV13 and HPV32
Condyloma Acuminata
HPV16 and HPV18
Subset cancer of oropharynx and penile cancer in Men
HPV16
Viral replication sites are erythroid progenitor cells, adult bone marrow and fetal liver
Parvovirus B19
associated with Merkel cell Carcinoma
MC virus
Progressive multifocal leukoencelopathy; latent state in lymphocytes
JC Virus/ Polyoma virus hominis 2
causes hemorrhagic cystitis; latent state in kidney
BK Virus/ Polyoma virus hominis 1
Oval or brick shape virus
Poxvirus
causative agent of small pox virus
Variola/ Orthopoxvirus
small, pink, papular, wart- like benign tumors of the skin or mucous membrane
Molluscum Contagiosum
transmitted by direct contact with sheep in which nodules in hands may be seen
Orf virus
Largest DOUBLE STRANDED DNA virus which is the causative agent of African Swine Flu ( ASF)
Iridovirus
Not transmissible to human but highly pathogenic to pigs
Known to be transmitted by arthropods (soft ticks)
African Swine Flu
All RNA VIRUS are single stranded EXCEPT
REovirus
All RNA virus are enveloped EXCEPT:
PIcornavirus, CAlicivirus and REovirus
All RNA VIRUS are generally helical EXCEPT:
PIcornavirus, REovirus, RETrovirus, FLAvivirus, TOgavirus
All RNA VIRUS replicate in cytoplasm Except
ORthomyxovirus, REtrovirus
Largest RNA VIRUS
Paramyxovirus
Smallest RNA VIRUS
Picornavirus
Arthropod borne
Majority of Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae, and Togaviridae
All Bunyaviridae are arthropod borne EXCEPT
Hantavirus
All FLAVIVIRIDAE are arthropod borne EXCEPT
Hepatitis C
All TOGAVIRIDAE are arthropod borne EXCEPT
Rubella
Rodent borne
hemorrhagic fever with
renal syndrome(HFRS)
Hanta
Small (30 to 38 nm) rounded nonenveloped
Causes gastroenteritis to humans
Calicivirus
Associated with 80% of nonbacterial acute
gastroenteritis in undeveloped countries
Norovirus/Norwalk Virus
cup shaped in EM that is also associated with
gastroenteritis
Sapovirus
acquired from camel that originated in
middle east
MERS-COV
Microscopy/viral nucleic acid
SARS-COV2 DIRECT Detection
Serological testing
SARS-COV2 INDIRECT Detection
Alpha B117
United kingdom
Beta B1351
South Africa
Gamma P1
Brazil
Delta B16172
India
Filo or threadlike due to long filamentous morphology in EM
Most pathogenic of the hemorrhagic virus
FILOVIRUS
- 25% fatality rate
- Acquired from fruit bats
Marburg hemorrhagic fever virus
*Emerging virus due to eating of African green monkey in Africa
*Acquired through direct contact with infected animal or human
*80% fatality rate
Ebola virus
*Derived from flavus which means yellow
Flavivirus
Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus and
Aedes polynesiansis
Dengue vectors
transmitted by Culex mosquitoes and mostly in summer months
St. Louis Encephalitis
*Spread by daytime Aedes aegypti and albopictus
*There is preliminary evidence, that Zika is a cause of Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults.
Zika virus
*Vector is Culex mosquitos
*Maintained in bird-mosquito cycle such as crows, ravens
West Nile Virus
Chronic liver disease
Hepa C
- Previously under calicivirus;
- High Case Fatality Rate in Pregnant Women (10-20%)
Hepe virus
- Transmitted through respiratory secretions
ORTHOMYXOVIRUS
rod-shaped spikes
Hemagglutinins
mushroom-shaped spikes
Neuraminidase
Spanish flu
H1N1
H2N2
Asian Flu
Hongkong Flu
H3N2
H5N1
Avian flu
Don’t undergo antigenic shift
PARAMYXOVIRUS
Characterized by inflamed salivary gland accompanied by high temperature and fatigue
Mumps/Rubulavirus
Second cause of pneumonia and bronchiolitis in children after RSV
Parainfluenza virus
Most significant cause of acute RTI in children under 5 years of age worldwide
Respiratory Synctial Virus ( RSV) or Pneumovirus
- Highly contagious accompanied by maculopapular rash and fever
Measles or Morbilivirus
Associated with winter epidemics bronchiolitis and pneumonia which is common in children
Metapneumovirus
Consists of single-stranded RNA and viral Protein
PICORNAVIRUS
The most common cause of aseptic meningitis or inflammation of brain parenchyma.
Enterovirus
- It is the major cause of cold virus
- Resistant to detergents, lipid solvents, and temperature extremes but sensitive to pH less than 6.
Rhinovirus
- The most common cause of viral gastroenteritis in infants and children worldwide
Rotavirus
Associated with Colorado tick fever
Coltivirus
HTLV1
T cell leukemia
Hairy cell leukemia
HTLV2
HIV
Causative agent of AIDS
Screening of HIV
ELISA
Confirmatory of HIV
WB
Worldwide prevalence
HIV1
HIV2
West Africa
*Bullet shaped appearance
*It is characterized by saliva frothing with painful spasm
*May lead to coma or death
*Associated with negri bodies in brain tissues of infected animals and humans
Lyssavirus/ Rabies
associated with equine encephalitis and
transmitted by mosquitos
Alphavirus
may lead to congenital defect if pregnant
women is infected
German measles
associated with myositis and arthritis which is transmitted by Aedes aegypti
Chikungunya virus