VIRUSES B7 Flashcards
bad news wrapped in a protein coat
Virus primer-
- can’t see a virus on a gram stain…
- exception of
Small pox
tissue selective
tropism
Viruses contain
DNA or RNA, not BOTH
When someone has conjunctivitis it is usually
viral conjunctivitis
Vast majority of viruses are
single stranded RNA viruses
Hemagglutinin helps it get ___
Neuraminidase helps it get ___
IN
OUT
+ Sense =
- Antisense =
messenger RNA (ready to translate)
needs to be translated to + sense
4 dsDNA viruses:
HAPPY
- Herpesvirus
- adenovirus
- pappilomavirus
- poxvirus
ssDNA
parvovirus (least amount like a par in golf is best) so single stranded
***He will describe a virus and what it is doing and ask what group it is*** Respiratory= Skin= Dengue, and hepatitis= Nervous system=
pneumotropic
dermatropic
viscerotropic
neurotropic
HE WILL ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THESE STEPS AND WHAT’S GOING ON
Replication of viruses steps:
Attachment: onto host cell
Penetration: Injects, fuses, or phagocytized
Biosynthesis: have to make nucleic acids and proteins
Maturation/Assembly: new viruses assembled and packaged
Release: new viruses released as virions
Ebola- is a ____ virus it lyses cells
Influenza- a _________ virus is a slow budding virus
lytic
Lysogenic
***IF HE GIVES US A CASE THAT LAYS DORMANT AND STARTS TO KILL CELLS=
***IF HE GIVES AN EXAMPLE THAT RAPIDLY KILLS CELLS=
***IF HE GIVES AN EXAMPLE OF A DORMANT VIRAL INFECTION THAT BUDS OUT and DOESN’T GO OUT AND LYSE CELLS=
Both lytic and latent (or lysogenic)
Just Lytic
Just Latent (or lysogenic)
HIV used to be and HTLV-3… HHV-8 (human herpes virus number 8) Causes
Kaposi sarcoma