MIDTERM_LABORATORY Flashcards
(61 cards)
Best for detecting poxviruses
CYTOLOGY & HISTOLOGY
- OWL EYE FORMATION
- Syncytial formation wherein two cells combine
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
PAPILLOMA VIRUS stained with H&E:
KOILOCYTES
- Simple and cheap test that relies on viewing and interpretation of a single cell from the sample of aspirated vesicle lesion
TSANCK SMEAR TEST
- used to distinguish various blistering usually Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) and herpes
simplex virus (HSV) type I
TSANCK SMEAR TEST
- inclusion body considered to be the
the infectious virion of rabies
NEGRI BODIES
- greater magnification and can be used to
detect virions
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
NON CULTURABLE VIRUSES:
NORWALK
ROTAVIRUS
ENTEROVIRUS
ADENOVIRUS
■ distinctive and characteristic visual changes in infected cells produced by viruses
CYTOPATHIC EFFECTS
- Detect RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS and INFLUENZA A VIRUS from respiratory specimens
ENZYME IMMUNOASSAYS
○ Can be a valuable tool to detect various viral
agents directly in clinical specimens
IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY
Allows the direct visualization of virus
FLOURESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE
- UNLABELED ANTIBODY is added to the slide, followed by a labeled FITC
- Used when lower quantities of virus
INDIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE
- USES LABELED ANTIVIRAL ANTIBODY (fluorescein isothiocyanate)
- Rapid, specific, less sensitive
- For large quantities of virus are suspected
DIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE
VIRAL ISOLATION 3 METHODS:
cell culture
animal inoculation
embryonated egg
A thermostable DNA POLYMERASE
Taq Pol
- Used only in REFERENCE LABORATORY = RITM
ANIMAL INOCULATION
PRIMARY PURPOSE:
- Isolate and identify viruses in clinical samples
- prepare viruses for vaccine production
VIRAL ISOLATION
Visible clumping of RBC
HEMAGGLUTINATION ASSAY
able to hemadsorb and hemagglutinate guineapig RBC
INFLUENZA A & B
TISSUE CULTURE was first applied in diagnostic virology by?
STEINHARDT & COLLEAGUES (1913)
- used cut tissues in nutrient media for cultivation of vaccine viruses
MAITLAND
First to culture POLIOVIRUS in tissue culture of nonneural origin
ENDERS, WELLER & ROBINS
○ Three Types of TISSUE CULTURE
■ Organ Culture
■ Explant Culture
■ Cell Culture (commonly used)