Viruses Flashcards

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Virion

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The infectious particle of a virus

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How many types of nucleic acid do viruses have

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One

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2
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What are the two minimal structural components of a virus?

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A protein coat surrounding nucleic acid

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What are the criteria used to classify a virus?

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Virion morphology (enveloped or nonenveloped)
Type of nucleic acid
(+) or (-) sense

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Virus strain

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A virus with any genetic change

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Virus serotype

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A virus strain with an antigenic change that results in a different antibody response

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Virus biotype

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A strain with different biological properties (ex. More virulent or able to replicate in different host species)

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Morphological classification of Parvoviridae

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Single stranded DNA

Nonenveloped

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8
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Morphological classification of Poxviridae

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Double stranded DNA

Enveloped

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Morphological classification of Hepadnaviruses

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Single and double stranded DNA

Nonenveloped

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Coronavirus morphology/genomic sense classification

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Single stranded RNA
Message (+) sense
Enveloped

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Togavirus morphology/genomic sense classification

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Single stranded RNA
Message (+) sense
Enveloped

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Flavivirus morphology/genomic sense classification

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Single stranded RNA
Message (+) sense
Enveloped

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Morphological classification of Herpesviridae

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Double stranded DNA

Enveloped

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14
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Picornaviruses morphology/sense classification

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Single stranded RNA
(+) sense
Nonenveloped

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15
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Calicivirus morphology/sense classification

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Single stranded RNA
(+) sense
Nonenveloped

16
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Rhabdovirus and paramyxovirus virus classification

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Single strands RNA
(-) sense
Enveloped

17
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Orthomyxovirus classification

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Single stranded RNA

(-) sense

18
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Arenavirus classification

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Single stranded

Mixed sense

19
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Reovirus and Birnaviruses classification

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Double stranded segmented RNA

20
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Retrovirus morphological/sense classification

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RNA genome
(+) sense
***Makes double stranded DNA once in cell