DNA Flashcards
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First isolated from the culture of human adenoids and tonsils in the early 1950ss, hence the name
adenovirus
Adenovirus site of latency
Oropharynx
Adenovirus transmission
Respi
Fecal-oral
Direct contact (eye)
Adenovirus disease
URT
LRT
GIT
GUT
URT DISEASE AND SEROTYPE
Pharyngitis, conjunctivitis,
coryza (serotype 3, 7, 8, 19, 37)
LRT DISEASE AND SEROTYPE
bronchitis, atypical pneumonia (serotype 14)
GIT DISEASE AND SEROTYPE
acute gastroenteritis
(infantile diarrhea) [serotype: 40,
41]
GUT DISEASE AND SEROTYPE
acute hemorrhagic cystitis (serotype: 7,11,21)
Adenovirus incubation period
Respi - 2-14 days
Gastro- 3-10 days
Common upper R.T.I includes colds, tonsillitis,pharyngitis,pharyngoconjunctival fever, and sometimes croup
Adenovirus
Infections of the eye and conjunctivitis often accompany respiratory infection
Adenovirus
Adenovirus
in children, ___________ is often a complication of the respiratory disease
Otitis media
In adenovirus what symptom causes severe in children ?
Lower RTI
In adenovirus it is often fatal in infants and young children
Adenovirus pneumonia
Adenovirus diagnosis
Cell culture (Hep-2)
Cowdry type B intranuclear basophilic inclusion bodies
EIA for gastroenteritis
PCR
Hepadnaviridae virus
Hepatitis B virus ( serum hepatitis)
A complete virus in hepadna is also known as
Dane particle
Hepatitis B surface antigen originally called
Australian antigen
Hepatitis B transmission
Percutaneous exposure to blood or blood products (primary)
Parenteral
Perinatal
Direct contact
Hepatitis B site of latency
Liver
Hepatitis B virulence factor
HBsAg
HBcAG
HBeAG (infectivity)
Hepadnaviridae disease
Chronic and acute hepatits
Hepatitis b incubation
1 to 3 months or more
remains a significant worldwide cause of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma despite the availability of an effective vaccine.
Chronic HBV infection