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Viruses Flashcards

1
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viruses are cellular or acellular

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acellular

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2
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What do viruses contain

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nucleic acids

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3
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What are the fancy 3 letter word for viruses

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obligate intracellular parasites

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why are they called obligate intracellular parsites?

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because they require a host cell to replicate

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5
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two states of virus’s existence

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Extracellular and Intracellular

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6
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Extracellular

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a virus particle that has no metabolism and can be crystallized

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7
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Intracellular

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can take over host cell and only replicate themselves

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8
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size of viruses

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avrage 20 -1000nm

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9
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how are viruses messured?

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nanometers

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10
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how many times microscope zoom for viruses

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7000x

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11
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what type of microscopes do they use?

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electron microscope

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12
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4 kinds of virus shapes

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Helical, polyhedral and enveloped and bacteriphage

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13
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Helical

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capsid is arranged in a helical pattern

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14
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Polyhedral

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most commonly in a icosahedron (20 equilateral triangles)

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15
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Enveloped

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some surrounded by lipids proteins and carbohydrates

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16
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capsid is arranged in a helical pattern

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helical

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17
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most commonly a icosahedron

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Polyhedral

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18
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some surrounded by lipids, proteins and carbohydrates

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enveloped

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19
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virus particle has no metabolism can be crystalized

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extracellular

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20
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can take over host cell and only replicate themselves

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intracellular

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21
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shape helical

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sprials; microscope; lines

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22
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polyhedral viruses

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dnd dice; microscope; 6 sided with lines at each corner

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23
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enveloped

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covid

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24
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dots on helical outside

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protein subunits

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25
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inside helical virus

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RNA

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26
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dots of polyhedral virus outside

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capsomere

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27
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inside of polyhedral virus

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nucleic acid

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28
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shell of a polyhedral virus

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capsid

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29
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virulent viruses

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*Makes you sick right away!
* Undergo a lytic cycle
* Cause death/damage to host cell
* Examples include: Flu, Colds, Mumps

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30
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*Makes you sick right away!
* Undergo a lytic cycle
* Cause death/damage to host cell
* Examples include: Flu, Colds, Mumps

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virulent viruses

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31
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temperate viruses

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  • Undergo a lysogenic cycle
  • Herpes, HIV
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32
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  • Undergo a lysogenic cycle
  • Herpes, HIV
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temperate viruses

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33
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lytic cycle

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viruses immediately replicate and destroy the host cell

34
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viruses immediately replicate and destroy the host cell

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lytic cycle

35
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attachment aka

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absorption

36
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attachment

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to host cell

37
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penetration

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where nucleic acid enters cell

38
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absorption

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attaches to host cell

39
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absorption

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attachment

40
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replication

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of viral nucleic acid to form viral proteins

41
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assembly

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copies combine to form mature viruses

42
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release aka

43
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lysis aka

44
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release

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hot cells lysed to release mature viruses

45
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lysis

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host cells lysed to release mature viruses

46
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___ to host cell

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attachment

47
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attachment to host cell

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absorption

48
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where nucleic acid enters cell

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penetration

49
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___ of viral nucleic acid to form viral proteins

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replication

50
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copies combine to form mature viruses

51
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host cell lysed to release mature viruses

52
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lysogenic cycle

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attachment, penetration and then viral dna atttaches and remains latent

53
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stimuli that causes lytic cycle to begin

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radiation, chemicals or stress triggers

54
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what is the odd thing that temperate viruses do

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when released take may take a small portion of the hosts dna and may introduce genes to new host (transduction

55
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virus classification

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based on disease they cause (poliovirus, influenza virus, HIV)
designated by a greek letter (T4, phi 6, lamda)
based on type of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)
can be devided based upon single or double stranded nucleic acids

56
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Retrovirus

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single strand of RNA serves as a template for DNA synthesis
makes DNA using reverse transcriptase
newly formed DNA combines with host DNA to become provirus(prophage)

57
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interesting about rna viruses

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viruses with RNA carry genes from generation to the next

58
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Koch’s Postulates

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pathogen, innoculate, compare

59
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immunity

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ocures when body produces memory cells

60
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Who and when and what disease ‘first’ (not really) demostrated immunity

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Jenner 1796, with cowpox to prevent aginst small pox

61
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viral transmition

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air, food, water, touch (blood, shared needles, sexual intercorse)

62
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Chlorea

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diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration from fecesses, contaimated from water

63
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Hepatitis

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affects liver, jaundice, fatigue, from feces contaminated food and water

64
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sneeze aerosols

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cold, flu, TB

65
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dirrect contact

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HIV (sex, used needles, tainted blood) and herpes

66
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pasture

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(1885) created immunity against rabies

67
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Rabies what nucleic acid?

68
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what cause death in RAbies

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brain swelling

69
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HIV attacs what

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helper T-cells, also macorphages, cells in lining of thymus and cerin mucous membrane cells

70
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HIV first infection

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flu like illnuss then recovery (fever, aches)

71
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HIV after first infection

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spreads killing T-cells decrease, no outward signs of trouble

72
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AIDS amount

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once number of helper T-cells fall below 200/ml (normal 700/ml) is onset of AIDS

73
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how many HIV positive mothers pased it to children

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25 to 35 percent

74
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% during pregnacy

75
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% during childbirth

76
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% during breast-feeding

77
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plecenta

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ineffective

78
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antivirals

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reduce 14-39% down to lower then 5%

79
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antivirals problem

80
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infection rate childbirth

81
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how reduce childbirth rates

82
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breast feading infection rate

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15% after 2 years of breast feeding

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