Viruz zoo Flashcards
Dengue virus
Enveloped
Icosahedral capsid
+ssRNA
4 serotypes no cross protection
Yellow Fever Virus
Enveloped
Icosahedral capsid
+ssRNA
Hantavirus SNV
Enveloped
Spherical capsid
-ssRNA
Reovirus
Non- enveloped
icosahedral capsid
dsRNA
(Colorado tick fever)
Marburg/Ebola virus
Enveloped helical capsid
Pleomorphic filamentous
+ssRNA
Lassa etc virus
Enveloped
Helical capsid
2 circular ssRNA
Lassa transmission
Ingestion
Direct contact
Inhalation
Marburg/ebola mechanism
Replicates
Destroys parenchymal cells
(Liver, lungs, spleen & LN)
Lassa symptoms
Fever
Petechial rash
Gum bleeding
Marburg/ebola symptoms
Flu like
MASSIVE Hemorrhages
Marburg/ebola diagnose treat
Serological & MT
Quarantine
Reovirus transmission
Vert host to person
Reovirus mech
Replicates w/in erthyroid precursor RBC
Most common tick borne in US
Reovirus symptoms
Hemorrhagic disease
CNS involvement
Hanta virus transmission
Inhalation of rodent infected feces