Viruses Flashcards
What are the 6 DNA viruses ?
HHAPPY
Herpes Hepadena Adeno Papova Parvo Pox
What 3 bacteria are almost as small as viruses?
Chlamydia
Ricketssiae
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Which 2 viruses are single stranded DNA viruses?
Poxavirus, parvovirus
A 26-year-old woman presents to the emergency room for 3 days of high fever, chills, muscle aches, a severe headache, and sore throat. She works in a nursing home but has not had her flu shot yet this year. She has a past medical history of systemic lupus erythematosus and hypothyroidism. A rapid strep test is negative, and a rapid antigen detection test for flu is positive.
what is the type of replication and capsid?
Orthomyxoviridae
Rna negative
helical
Which family of viruses includes influenza?
orthomyxoviruses
Which virus causes croup?
Paramyxo virus (parainfluenza)
Antigenic shift is associated with ________and antigenic drift causes ___________
pandemics; epidemics
Which paramyxovirus can result in parotitis?
Mumps ( negative sense, enveloped )
1 cause of pneumonia in children?
RSV
28-year-old man presents to his primary care physician for fatigue, malaise, and abdominal pain. He reports his symptoms began a few days ago and have progressively worsened. His symptoms are associated with nausea, 2 episodes of emesis, and generalized pruritus. Social history is significant for recent travel to India. He is currently sexually active with multiple men and does not use condoms. Physical examination is notable for scleral icterus, generalized jaundice, and hepatomegaly. Serologic testing is remarkable for anti-HAV IgM antibodies
How did this person acquire this virus?
- sexual history
- recent travel
- history of IV drug use
- alcohol consumption
- history of blood transfusions
2.
This patient is experiencing an active Heptatitis A infection. Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is transmitted via the fecal-oral route and is commonly seen in unvaccinated international travelers.
Hep A has (+) IgM if active infection
causes : acute hepatitis (fever, jaundice, high liver enzymes)
Which demographic can commonly display anicteric hepatitis A infection?
young children and infants
A 35-year-old presents to the emergency department due to abdominal pain and malaise. He also reports “yellow-ing” of his skin. Medical history is noncontributory. Social history is notable for intravenous drug use and having multiple sexual partners. Physical examination is remarkable for right upper quadrant tenderness, generalized jaundice, and scleral icterus. Laboratory studies demonstrate the presence of HBsAg and significantly elevated IgM anti-HBc, and HBeAg.
What is the type of replication of this virus? is it DNA or RNA
HBV: double stranded DNA
Hepatitis B infection
Which serum HBV marker predicts infectivity? old vs new infection?
- HBeAg;
2. IgM/igG anti HBcAg
What does (+) anti HBsAg indicate?
person is immune/ VACCINATED to hepatitis B , cure , no active disease
Hepatitis B infection
What does the presence of anti-HBc and anti-HBsAg indicate?
Recovery from acute HBV
A 35-year-old man presents to his primary care physician for worsening abdominal pain and “yellowing” of the skin. He reports that his symptoms began a few weeks ago and is associated with pale stools and dark urine. He denies any sick contacts and cannot identify a likely cause of his symptoms. He endorses to using opiates use via injection and is sexually active with multiple men and inconsistently using condoms. On physical exam, scleral icterus is appreciated in an uncomfortable appearing man.
If they test positive for anti- HCV what is the method of transmission?
spread by blood
Hepatitis C
Which 2 hepatitis viruses can lead to hepatocellular carcinoma?
HBV and HCV
What 4 viruses cause viral hemorrhagic fever?
Arenaviridae, Filoviridae, Bunyaviridae, and Flaviviridae.
What family of viruses does West nile virus belong to?
Flaviviridae
What family of viruses does mumps and measles belong to ?
Paramyxoviridae
What are the acute transient infection causing viruses
Poliovirus ( enterovirus)
West nile
Mumps
Measles
What 4 viruses transform infected cells into benign or malignant tumor cells?
EBV
HPV
HBV
GTLV1
these are transforming viral infections
Which infections is the immune system is unable to elimi- nate
continue viral replication ? ( chronic productive)
HIV
HBV
What is a latent infection virus?
HSV herpes viruses
Which strain of influenza is found in animals including ducks, chickens, pigs, whales and horse?
Influenza A (orthomyxoviridae)
What is the most common subtype of HIV 1 in US.
Subtype B
What is the most common complication of influenza?
Pneumonia
What are 2 bacterial opportunistic infections involved with HIV?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
mycobacterium avium intracellulare
_________of HIV binds CD4 and the co-receptors CXCR4 {(primarily on T cells), and __________(primarily on macrophages)
gp120/ CCR5
What is the treatment for rotavirus?
oral rehydration therapy
What four viruses cause diarrhea? Which one is DNA virus??
Norovirus
Rotavirus
Astrovirus
Adenovirus (DNA virus )*****
Which virus that causes diarrhea is the MOST common cause of childhood diarrhea in underdeveloped countries?
Rotavirus (naked, dsRNA)