VIRUSES

Question 1

Pox virus

Answer 1

Smallpox
Cowpox (milkmaid blisters)
Molluscum contagiousum
LARGEST DNA VIRUS

Question 2

Parvovirus

Answer 2

B19 virus- aplastic crises in SCD, ‘slapped cheek’ rash in children
RBC destruction in children- hydrops foetalis- death
Adults- pure RBC aplasia and rheumatoid arthritis- like symptoms
SMALLEST DNA VIRUS

Question 3

Hepadnavirus

Answer 3

HBV

Question 4

Adenovirus

Answer 4

Febrile pharyngitis- sore throat
Acute hemorrhagic cystitis
Pneumomia
Conjunctivitis- pink eye
Gastroenteritis
Myocarditis

Question 5

Papillomavirus

Answer 5

HPV- warts (stereotypes 1, 2, 6, 11)
Cervical cancer (16, 18)
CIN

Question 6

Polyomavirus

Answer 6

JC Virus- progressive mulifocal leukoencephalopathy in HIV
BK Virus- transplant patients, commonly target kidney
JC Juncky Cerebrum
BK Bad Kidney

Question 7

HSV- 1

Answer 7

Respiratory secretions, saliva
Gingivostomatitis 
Keratoconjunctivitis
Herpes labialis
Herpetic whitlow on finger
Temporal lobe encephalitis 
Esophagitis
Erythema multiforme
Latent in trigeminal ganglia

Question 8

HSV- 2

Answer 8

Sexual contact, perinatal
Herpes genitalis
Neonatal herpes
Latent in sacral ganglia

Question 9

Varicella Zoster virus

Answer 9

Respiratory secretions
Varicella- zoster ( chicken pox, shingles( post herpatic neuralgia))
Encephalitis
Pneumonia
Latent in dorsal root or trigeminal ganglia
CN V1 - herpes zoster ophthalmicus

Question 10

Epstein Barr virus

Answer 10

Respiratory secretions, saliva
Mononucleosis- feved, hepatosplenomegaly, pharyngitis, lymphadenopathy (post cervical nodes)
+ monospot test

Question 11

Cytomegalovirus

Answer 11

Congenital, transfusion, sexual contact, saliva, urine, transplant
Mononucleosis; - monospot test in immunocompetent patients
Pneumonia in transplant patients
AIDS retinitis: hemorrhage, cotton wool exudates, vision loss
Owl eye intranuclear inclusions

Question 12

HHV- 7

Answer 12

Saliva

Roseola infantum- fever first, rash later

Question 13

HHV-8

Answer 13

Sexual contact

Kapsoi sarcoma- neoplasm of endothelial cells, seen on HIV/AIDS and transplant patients

Question 14

Reoviruses

Answer 14

Coltivirus å- Colorado tick fever
Rotavirus- fatal diarrhoea in children

å- arbovirus, arthropod borne (mosquitoes, ticks)

Question 15

Picornaviruses

Answer 15

PERCH
Poliovirus- polio
Echovirus- aseptic meningitis
Rhinovirus- common cold
Coxsackievirus- aseptic meningitis, herpangina (mouth blisters, fever), hand, foot and mouth disease, myocarditis, pericarditis
HAV- acute viral hepatitis

Question 16

Hepeviruses

Answer 16

HEV

Question 17

Caliciviruses

Answer 17

Norovirus- viral gastroenteritis

Question 18

Flaviviruses

Answer 18

HCV
Yellow fever å
Dengue å
St Louis encephalitis å
West Nile virus å - meningoencephalitis 
Zika virus å

Question 19

Togaviruses

Answer 19

Rubella
Western and eastern equine encephalitis å
Chikungunya virus å

Question 20

Retroviruses

Answer 20

Have reverse transcriptase
HTLV- T cell leukaemia
HIV - AIDS

Question 21

Coronaviruses

Answer 21

Common cold
SARS
MERS

Question 22

Orthomyxoviruses

Answer 22

Influenza virus

Question 23

Paramyxoviruses

Answer 23

PaRaMyxoviruses
Parainfluenza- croup
RSV- bronchiolitis in babies
Measles, Mumps

Question 24

Rhabdoviruses

Answer 24

Rabies

Question 25

Filoviruses

Answer 25

Ebola/ Marburg hemorrhagic fever

Question 26

Arenaviruses

Answer 26

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis viris

Lassa fever encephalitis- spread by rodents

Question 27

Bunyaviruses

Answer 27

California encephalitis å
Sandfly/ Rift valley fever å
Crimean- Congo hemorrhagic fever å
Hantavirus- hemorrhagic fever, pneumonia

Question 28

Delta virus

Answer 28

HDV

Question 29

Negative stranded viruses

Answer 29

Always Bring Polymerase Or Fail Replication
Arenaviruses
Bunyaviruses
Paramyxoviruses 
Orthomyxoviruses
Flavioviruses
Rhabdoviruses

Question 30

Segmented viruses

Answer 30

BOAR
Bunyaviruses
Orthomyxoviruses
Arenaviruses
Reoviruses