midterm examSPECIMEN CULTIVATION FOR VIROLOGY Flashcards
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The primary purposes of viral cultivation are
- To isolate and identify viruses in clinical specimens
- To prepare viruses for vaccines
- And to do detailed research on viral structure, multiplication
cycles, genetics, and effects on host cells
The earliest method for the cultivation of viruses causing
human diseases was inoculation into __
human volunteers.
they used human volunteers for
their pioneering work on yellow fever
Reed and colleagues (1900)
Due to serious risk involved, human volunteers are used
only when __
when no other method is available and when the virus
is relatively harmless
LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF VIRAL INFECTION
I. Identification of the virus in cell culture
II. Microscopic identification in the specimen
III. Serological procedures to detect a rise in antibody titer
IV. Detection of viral antigen in blood or body fluids
V. Detection of viral nucleic acids
METHODS OF VIRAL ISOLATION
- Animal inoculation
- embryonated egg inoculation
- tissue culture
this type of isolation is the primary isolation of certain viruses
animal inoculation
this type of isolation is for us to study the pathogenesis, immune response, and epidemiology of a viral disease
animal inoculation
this isolation method as well is used for the study of oncogenesis
animal inoculation
- they play
an essential role in studies
of viral pathogenesis
Laboratory animals
they used Monkeys for the
isolation of poliovirus
Landsteiner and Popper
(1909)
Landsteiner and Popper
(1909)-Monkeys for the
isolation of poliovirus
why is it risky?
potential to physical aggression and cause harm
he introduce white mice
Theiler (1903)
why monkey is not used anymore as a disease model?
they can’t exhibit human diseases
what type of mice is used in lab
Infant (Suckling mice)
suckling mice are susceptible to which viruses
Coxsackie and arbovirus
Routes of inoculation for animal inoculation
Intracerebral,
subcutaneous,
intraperitoneal,
intranasal
how do we confirm if there’s growth of virus inside the animal model
sign of Death, disease or visible
lesions
Disadvantages of animal inoculation
- costly
- maintenance
- interference of immune system
- individual variations (gender)
- difficulty in choosing of animals for particular virus
embryonated egg inoculation is started by whom
goodpasture (1931)
embryonated egg inoculation is started by goodpasture and is further developed by __
burnet
the embryonate egg we must use for inoculation is how many days old?
8-11 days old
the embryonated egg must be incubated for how many days
2-9 days
- Eggs provide a suitable
means for:
the primary isolation and identification of viruses
maintenance of stock cultures
and the production of vaccines