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what is M2

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core protein, has a channel through it

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what are the single-stranded negative strand RNA viruses like

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analysis RNA-dependent
RNA- polymerases
Many branches harbour human pathogens

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what is the order of Orthomyxoviridae Family

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unassigned

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what is the family of orthomyxoviridae like

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Straight, mucus, RNA Viruses

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how many genera are there

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7 genera of Orthomyxoviridae

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what are the genera of orthomyxoviridae

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›	Influenza virus A
›	Influenza virus B
›	Influenza virus C
›	Influenza virus D
›	Thogotovirus 
›	QuaranJAvirus
›	Isavirus (ISA: infectious salmon anaemia)
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what can influenza type A viruses infect

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man, horses, pigs, bats and birds

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what can influenza type A cause

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pandemics

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what can influenza type B viruses infect

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man and seals

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what can influenza type B cause

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human disease but generally not a severe as A types

Re-assortment with type A can lead to pandemics

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how are influenza A and B differentiated

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they are not able to be distinguished by electron microscope

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what does influenza C infect

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man
pig
dog

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what does influenza C cause

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doesn’t cause infection

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how is influenza C distinguished

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EM - distinguishable structures

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what does influenza D infect

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pigs

cattle

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what is the orthomyxoviridae genome like

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Segmented single stranded (-) sense RNA (8 A, B:7 C,D) (-ve sense = opposite to mRNA, cant translate directly – has to make an mRNA to translate)

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what is the orthomyxoviridae lipid envelope like

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  • spherical sometimes filamentous (pleomorphic, change shape)
  • glycoproteins + major antigenic determinants
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what is the M1 protein in orthomyxoviridae like

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Matrix Protein (M1)
- between envelope and core
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what is the core in orthomyxoviridae like

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  • RNP (ribonucleoprotein) complex
  • ve sense RNA has various proteins that surround it: polymerase basic protein (PB1, PB2) polymerase acid protein (PA) nucleoprotein (NP)
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what do viral glycoproteins bind with

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Glycoproteins + major antigenic determinants haemagglutinin, trimer (Ha or H)
Binds sialic acid

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what are viral glycoproteins involved in

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in attachment, entry and fusion

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what must happen to viral glycoproteins on exit

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must be cleaved – done by neuraminidase, tetramer (NA or N)

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how if flu infection caused

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  • virus droplets circulate in air following a sneeze
  • FLU circulating in air for over an hour
  • aerosol directly contact with nose/mouth
    Or
  • aerosol directly contact fomite e.g. mobile phone and then you touch phone and then your face
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what are flu symptoms

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fever, headache, extreme muscular tiredness, vomiting

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difference between flu and cold
- flu = fever characteristic high temperature for few days (host cell response) - flu = severe aches - cold = usually more stuffy nose
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where does flu droplets attach
Aerosol transmission to respiratory tract via droplets attached to Sialic Acid receptors on epithelial cells
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what does influenza virus cause after 1-3 days of infection
- damaged cells release cytokines (storm) causing chills, malaise, fever and muscular ache - additional respiratory symptoms: runny nose and cough
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what does influenza virus restricted to respiratory tract cause
- no viremia or spread to other tissues - Direct viral damage - Indirect through inflammatory = possible bronchitis and interstitial pneumonia
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what are the virus life cycle stages
1. attachment 2. endocytosed 3. fusion and uncoating 4. viral -ve sense RNA released – goes into nucleus 5. post-translational processing and packaging 6. budding
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what happens at attachment stage
- HA binds to sialic acid (neuraminic acid) on host cell | - adapted to host sialic acid host /cell specificity
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what happens at endocytosed stage
Endocytosis engulfs virion = endocytotic vesicles
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what happens at fusion and uncoating stage
1. Cleavage of haemagglutinin 2. Under low pH induces fusion of the 2 membranes (assisted by M2 protein)
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effect of fusion of the 2 membranes in virus life cycle
Opens a pore = release virion content into cytoplasm | - RNA travel to and into the nucleus (function of the NP protein)
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what is the effect of M2
affects pH (uncoating) as allows H ions through
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what is the effect of antiviral amantadine
blocks this release of the vRNA by acidification
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what is viral RNA
-ve sense strand
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what happens when -ve viral RNA released
``` must make (+) sense mRNA (protein production) PB1, PB2 and PA (polymerase) - in nucleus needs to make mRNA and cRNA - RNAs helped out of nucleus into cytoplasm by NEP and M1 ```
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what is RNA always in association with
viral proteins (vRNP)
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what is mRNA made for
translation
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what is cRNA
copy RNA
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what is cRNA made for
serves as a template for replication
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what happens to mRNA segments in post-translational processing and packaging
translated
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what happens to cRNA segments in post-translational processing and packaging
replicated/packaged
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what happens in post-translational processing and packaging
Exit nucleus => reach assembly site => package segments (NEP-Nuclear Exit Protein) unknown if packaging is a random or selective
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what happens if packaging is random in post-translational processing and packaging
If random: (expect to get >8) 12 segments in a single flu as suggested by some scientists would suggest that any 12 go in an then 10% of the viruses would be viable
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what happens if packaging is selective post-translational processing and packaging
If selective: 8 different segments would need to be packaged by a specific mechanism
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what happens in budding stage
Assemble and Bud out from the apical cell membrane reverse of entry sequence = Cell membrane Provides envelope
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what happens in budding stage when released
Need releasing as HA anchors to sialic acid receptors NA activity for removal of sialic acid = hence NA inhibitor as anti-virals (Oseltamir, Zanamir)
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what are PB2, PB1, PA
RNA-dependent RNA polymerase complex
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what do PB2, PB1, PA require
ve sense RNA to make more +ve sense RNA from the -ve sense
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what is HA
receptor-binding protein haemagglutinin
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what is NP
nucleoprotein
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what is NA
sialic acid-destroying enzyme neuraminidase
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what is M
matrix protein M1 and ion channel M2
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what is NS
nuclear export protein (NEP/NS2) | host antiviral response antagonist non-structural protein 1 (NS1)
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mRNA synthesis
starts 3’ end to 5’ end +ve sense being made by -ve sense Has a cap
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what is an epidemic
localised cluster of cases
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what is a pandemic
worlswide epidemic
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what is antigenic drift
changes in protein by genetic point mutation and selection
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what happens to virus in antigenic drift
changes shape
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what is antigenic shift
changes in proteins through genetic-reassortment (nucleic acids)
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what causes antigenic shift
Due to segmented genome (influenza has 8 segments) | = allows rapid and constant re-assortment between genes of different influenza viruses (“mixed/co-infections”)
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what does the segmented genome of influenza mean
sudden acquisition of a gene for a completely new HA or NA = novel subtype that spreads rapidly around the world as most or all humans have no immunity to it = BIG CHANGE (pandemic?)
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how can influenza be prevented
Vaccines - Epidemics can be controlled by vaccines based on HA polyvalent vaccine of several strains circulating based on surveillance data

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