Viruses

Question 1

Influenzavirus

Answer 1

I: Influenza

C: - Fever, headache, myalgia, shaking chills, dry cough, respiratory signs
- Fatigue
- Reye syndrome

Question 2

Respiratory synctial virus

Answer 2

I: - Bronchiolitis - Pneumonia

C: - Hyperexpansion of the lungs, hypoxemia, hypercapnia
- Severe in young infants

Question 3

SARS-coronavirus 2

Answer 3

I: - Asymptomatic
- Common cold
- Severe disease: pneumonia /
COVID-19

C: - Dyspnoe (hypoxemia)
- Respiratory insufficiency

Question 4

Hepatitis B virus

Answer 4

I: Hepatitis B

C: - Jaundice, darkening of the urine, clay-colored stools
- Pains and swelling of the joints

Question 5

HIV

Answer 5

I: - Acute HIV
- AIDS

C: - Fever, malaise, arthralgia, rash
- Lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly
- AIDS: opportunistic infections

Question 6

Enterovirus

Answer 6

I: - Aseptic meningitis
- Poliomyelitis

Question 7

Herpes-simplex virus

Answer 7

I: - Herpes / cold sore (HSV-1)
- Genital herpes (HSV-2)

C: - Vesicular eruptions, sometimes pustular; ending up in dried lesions and crusts.

Question 8

Varicella-zoster virus

Answer 8

I: - Varicella (chickenpox)
- Shingles

C: - Fever, vesicular rash
- Dissemination when primary infection in adulthood

Question 9

Cytomegalovirus

Answer 9

I: - Congenital CMV
- Asymptomatic or aspecific disease in childhood
- CMV disease in immunocompromised

C: - Fever, malaise (aspecific)
- In immunocompromised
patients: visceral CMV (lung, colon, eye, etc)

Question 10

Epstein-Barr virus

Answer 10

I: - Infectious mononucleosis
- Asymptomatic or aspecific disease in childhood
- Lymphoproliferative disease in immunocompromised

C: - Fever, malaise, pharyngitis, tonsillitis
- Immunocompromised: persistent fever, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly