Viruses Flashcards
Herpesviruses
Enveloped, dsDNA, Linear
HSV-1 (Oral), sponatenous temporal lobe encephalitis, keratoconjunctivitis
HSV-2 (Genital)
VZV (HHV-3) –> Chicken pox, zoster. Vaccine available
EBV (HHV-4) –> Mononucleosis, Burkitt lymphoma, hodgkin lymphoma
CMV (HHV-5) - infection in immunocompromized (Congenital (Sightomegalo)
HHV-6 Roseola (exanthem subitum)
HHV-7 (less common cause of roseola)
HHV-8 Kaposi asrcoma
Hepadnavirus
Enveloped dsDNA(incomplete), circular
HBV: Acute or chronic hepatitis
Recombinant vaccine available
RT w/o being a retrovirus
Adenovirus
Non enveloped, dsDNA linear
Febrile pharngitis
Acute hemorrhagic cystitis
Pneumonia
Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye) (URI followed by conjunctivitis)
or diarrhea w/ URI
Parvovirus
Non enveloped ssDNA linear (- strand)
B19 virus –> aplastic crises in sickle cell
Slapped cheeks (5th disease)
RBC destruction in fetus –> Hydropsfetalis and death(ToRCH)
Pure RBC aplasia and arthritis in adults
Papillomavirus
Naked dsDNA circular
HPV- Warts (1,2,6,11) Cancer 16,18
Recombinant Vaccine for 6,11,16,18
Polyomavirus
Naked dsDNA Circular
JC viruse –> progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in HIV (PML)
BK virus –> transplant patients, targets kidney)
Junky Cerebrum, Bad Kidneys
Poxvirus
Enveloped complexed dsDNA linear
Small pox
Cow pox (vacinia)
Molluscum contagiosum –> Self limmited, very contagoius
Type A Cowdry bodies
HSV1, HSV2, HHV3. Intranuclear eosinophilia inclusions
Tzanck smear
Multinucleated giant cells HHV1,2,3 only
HSV-1
Gingivostomatitis, keratoconjunctivitis, temporal lobe encephalitis (#1 sporatic encephalitis in US), herpes labalis
Latent in trigeminal
Transmitted by Respiratory secretions and saliva
HSV-2
Herpes genitalis, neonatal, latent in sacral ganglia.
Sexual contact and perinatally (if primary infection when pregnant)
VZV
HHV3.
Chicken pox, encephalitis, pneumonia (last 2 if adult or IC).
Latent in dorsal root ganglia, or trigeminal ganglia.
Transmitted by respiratory secretions
Ramsay Hunt: Facial nerve/genticulate ganglia. Leads to facial paralysis and/or deafness
HZ Opthalmicus: Involvement of V1, opthalamologic emergency. Seen on tip of nose
Ramsay Hunt
VZV of genticulate ganglia/facial nerve.
Lose taste to anterior 2/3 and deafness, and paralysis
Herpes Zoster Othalamicus
Eye emergency, involvemnt of V1, found on the nose
EBV
Mononuclesis: Fever, hepatosplenomegaly, pharyngitis (exudative), and lymphadenopathy (posterior cervical nodes).
Respiratory secretions and saliva.
Infects B cells CD21,
Get atypical lymphocytes, Downy cells (Foamy and basophilic), reactive CD8 T cells
Positive monospot heterphile test.
Hodgkin lymphoma, Burkitt Lymphoma, Diffuse large cell lymphoma, nasopharnygeal carcinoma, Oral hairy
Downy Cells
Foamy Basophilic CD8 T cells (reactive) in EBV infection
CMV (HHV-5)
1 TorCH
Congenital infections
- monospot mononucelosis
Pneuonia, retinitis.
Infected cells have “owl eyes”
Latent in mononuclear cells.
Sex, saliva, urine, congenital, transfusion.
HHV-6 (roseola)
High fever 3-5 days, Big cause of febrile seizures in kids.
Exanthum subitum
Fever before Rash. then diffuse macular rash.
Transmitted w/ saliva
Pretty much all children by age 2.
6ths disease
HHV 8
Kaposi sarcoma, neoplasm of endothelial cells.
AIDS and transplants.
Dark/violaceous flat and nodular skin lesions
GI and Lungs too –> hemoptysis
Spindle cells (endo)
Tx: HAART
HHV7
age 5, 100% have it. roseola like
Dengue
4 Serotypes. Aedes mosquito (cities).
Mild –> life threatening
Bone break fevor.
Severe retroorbital pain
DHF: after 2nd fever, get thrombocytopenia
Tourniqut test –> excess patechia
WNV: bird encephalitis, humans are incidental
FLu like in end of summer 3-6 days, thin WNV
1:100 –> advanced. Motor neurons of anterior horn. like werdnig hoffman and polio
Dx: IgM in serum or CSF.
Supportive Tx
STL Encephalitis
Arbovirus