Viruses Flashcards
1
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Tropism
A
preferential targeting of a specific host species
2
Q
Attenuation
A
removing virulence factors to make infectious agent harmless or less virulent
3
Q
Negri bodies (intracytoplasmic)
A
Rabies
4
Q
Intronuclear basophilic (Owl’s eye)
A
Cytomegalovirus, adenoviruses
5
Q
Cowdry Type A (intranuclear)
A
Herpes simplex, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (measles)
6
Q
Perinuclear cytoplasmi acidophilic
A
Reoviruses
7
Q
Arbovirus
A
Arthropod Borne (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies)
8
Q
macules
A
flat colored spots
9
Q
papules
A
slightly raised areas from immune or inflammatory responses other than direct effects of virus
10
Q
nodules
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larger raised areas of the skin
11
Q
vesicular lesions
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blisters likely containing virus