Covid Flashcards
(205 cards)
Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2
Enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses
What does Corona Virus commonly cause in man?
Common causes of upper respiratory tract infections in man*
Family of Alpha Corona virus
HCoV-229E, HCoV-NL63
Family of Beta Corona virus
1) HCoV-HKU1, HCoV-OC43
2) SARS-CoV
3) MERS-CoV
4) SARS-CoV-2
What is the type of vector for Gamma and Delta corona virus?
Avian
% of URI in adults with Corona Virus
5-10% of upper respiratory infections in adults, up to 33% in outbreaks.
What other symptoms may associated with Corona virus?
diarrhea and otitis media.
True and False
Corona Virus has low pathogenicity in healthy infants and children.
True
Re-infection with Corona virus is common due to?
antigenic variation in the species.
T/F
SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 are zoonoses.
True
Fatality rate in 2002-2003 w/ SARS
9.6% case fatality rate
Fertility rate in old and young patients with SARS
43% fatal in patients over 60, 13% in younger patients, none in children.
How does SARS( SARS-CoV) transmit? Animals
Horseshoe bats (reservoir) –> Palm civets (intermediate host) –>Human Beings (incidental host) –>Person to Person spread.
SARS: Incubation period?
2-10 days
SARS: Transmission via which modes
Spread by droplet, possibly fecal-oral, airborne, and fomite routes.
SARS: Clinical feature. Prodrome
prolonged prodrome lasting 3-7 days, with fever, headache, myalgias, and no respiratory symptoms.
SARS: symtoms
The prodrome is followed by an acute respiratory illness with a nonproductive cough, dyspnea, with respiratory failure (25% requiring mechanical ventilation).
*SARS: Prodrome
The low infectivity of patients during the prodrome allowed for early isolation; peak viral shedding occurs 6-11 days after the onset of illness.
SARS: how to binds
The virus uses the receptor-binding domain of its spike protein to bind to the host receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), to gain cell entry.
SARS: Diagnoses
By PCR from the respiratory tract (32% positive 3 days after symptom onset, 68% positive at day 14), or from stool or serum.
If PCR is negative, must repeat in 5-7 days.
Also need acute and convalescent serologic testing (mean time for seroconversion is 19-20 days).
SARS: Treatment
Supportive care
Possibly remdesivir
SARS: Candidate Vaccines
Large number of candidate vaccines, but have not undergone trials in human subjects
Some vaccines given to animals have been paradoxically associated with severe disease on subsequent exposure to the natural virus
MERS: Reservoir
Bats are the reservoir, and camels are the intermediate host for the virus, MERS-CoV .
MERS: Transmission
Cases have occurred in human beings by contact with camels and from human-to human spread, including nosocomial spread.