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ARENAVIRIDAE, ASTROVIRIDAE, CORONAVIRIDAE Flashcards

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• Enveloped

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• Irregular-shaped capsid

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• 2 circular segments

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• single-stranded RNA genome

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• measures 50 -300 nm

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• Virion is non -enveloped

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• Resistant to lipid solvents and trypsin

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• Contain single stranded, positive sense RNA

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• Single stranded

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• Enveloped with helical capsid

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• Envelope forms a crown-like

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• Halo around the capsid

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● Electron microscope: sandy and granular

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● Electron microscope: star-shaped polyhedral capsid

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● largest genome among RNA viruses

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● Electron microscopy: distinctive club shaped projections on their surface

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● bite of infected mice and rats (urine, saliva, dropping)

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2 Categories of Arenaviruses

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  1. New World Arenaviruses
  2. Old World Arenaviruses
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: Western Hemisphere - North and South America

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  1. New World Arenaviruses
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: a severe or fatal hemorrhagic fever found in Bolivia

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  1. New World Arenaviruses - Chapare virus
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: found in Venezuela

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  1. New World Arenaviruses - Guanarito virus
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: Eastern Hemisphere - Africa, Europe, and Asia

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  1. Old World Arenaviruses
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: can cause mild to severe disease; West Africa

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  1. Old World Arenaviruses - Lassa fever
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: fatal hemorrhagic fever; Southern Africa

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  1. Old World Arenaviruses - Lujo
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: both the Western and Eastern Hemisphere

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  1. Old World Arenaviruses - LCMV
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● major cause of diarrhea in the young, elederly, and immunocompromised patient

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● first discovered in 1975, the human astrovirus type (HAstV-1)

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● has expanded to include two more human clades and numerous mammalian and avian-specifc genotypes.

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asymptomatic

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fever

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prostration

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headache and vomiting

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meningitis

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hemorrhagic fever

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ubiquitous in children

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minority of childhood diarrheas

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mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.

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Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness

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15% of coldlike infections in adults

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higher seroconversion rates have been seen in children

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few CoVs are responsible for a small percentage of pediatric diarrhea cases

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: colds and pneumonia in adults

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Human respiratory coronaviruses

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: 55% of the common colds

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rhinoviruses and coronaviruses

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cause diarrhea in infants

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Loss of taste

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Muscle aches

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Covid toes

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Rashes

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Vomiting

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Loss of smell

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Chills

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common to hamster pets

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a. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)

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does not cause meningitis but flu-like symptoms

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a. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)

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MOT: inhalation of aerosols, ingestion of contaminated food

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a. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)

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in West Africa

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b. Lassa fever virus

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causes hemorrhagic fever

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b. Lassa fever virus

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common in rodent populations

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b. Lassa fever virus

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common vector: multimammate rat

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b. Lassa fever virus

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bleeding under the skin and internal organs, not fatal

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b. Lassa fever virus

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MOT: body fluids

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b. Lassa fever virus

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Gastroenteritis: causes diarrhea without vomiting; common to children

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● Osmotic diarrhea: inflammatory infiltrates in the lamina propria and the intestinal villus atrophy

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● infection in older adults or the very young

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Second most common cause of colds (rhinovirus)

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Coronavirus

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Replicates best at 33°C

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Coronavirus

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May also cause gastroenteritis

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Coronavirus

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Diseases are mild

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Coronavirus

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CDC: four main subgroupings of coronaviruses –

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alpha, beta, gamma, and delta

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were first identified in the mid1960s.

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Human coronaviruses

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The seven coronaviruses that can infect people are

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Common human coronaviruses:

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  1. 229E (alpha coronavirus)
  2. NL63 (alpha coronavirus)
  3. OC43 (beta coronavirus)
  4. HKU1 (beta coronavirus)
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(alpha coronavirus)

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  1. 229E
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(alpha coronavirus)

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  1. NL63
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(beta coronavirus)

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  1. OC43
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(beta coronavirus)

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  1. HKU1
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Other human coronaviruses

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  1. MERS-CoV (the beta coronavirus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS)
  2. SARS-CoV (the beta coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS)
  3. SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19)
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(the beta coronavirus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS)

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  1. MERS-CoV
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(the beta coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS)

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  1. SARS-CoV
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(the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19)

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  1. SARS-CoV-2
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Serology

Infection of humans with any adenovirus type stimulates a rise in complement-fixing antibodies to adenovirus group antigens shared by all types.

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Complement Fixation test

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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays: in tissue samples or body fluids, usually by using primers from a conserved viral sequence (e.g. hexon, VA I) that can detect all serotypes.

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Screening is not routinely used for Astroviridae.

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Electron microscopy: most useful for detecting gastroenteritis viruses

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Antigen and Nucleic Acid Detection: ELISA

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RT-PCR: respiratory secretions and stool samples

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Electron microscopy: stool samples

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Western blot

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A fourfold or greater rise in complementfixing antibody titer between acute-phase and convalescent-phase sera indicates recent infection with an adenovirus, though it gives no clue about the specific type involved.

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Serologic diagnosis of infections with strain 229E is possible using a passive hemagglutination test in which red cells coated with coronavirus antigen are agglutinated by antibody-containing sera.

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IgG levels were significantly correlated with neutralizing antibody levels with a wide range of responses.

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Persistently elevated IgM levels are associated with chronic symptoms.

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IgG levels are significantly higher in positive older patients than younger patients.

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rodent control

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Ribavirin

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good hygiene

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water purification

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sewage treatment

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practice respiratory etiquette (coughing in a flexed elbow)

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slow down transmission

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hand sanitation

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use of protective barrier

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vaccines

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