(P) Lec 1: INTRO TO VIROLOGY Flashcards
1st written record of a virus infection consists of a ____________ from ______________ depecting ______________
Hieroglyph
Memphis, Egypt
Siptah
A temple priest showing typical clinical signs of paralytic.
Siptah
“Viro”
Virus
“Logy”
Study
Branch of microbiology that deals and focuses on the study of viruses.
VIROLOGY
What is studied in virology?
ALL ABOUT VIRUS
Properties
Structures
Classification
Pathogenicity
Their ways in causing diseases
Multiplication cycle
Ancient writing which usually comes from Egypt.
Hieroglyph
Where does Hieroglyph is written? (Medium)
Stone
Hieroglyph can be the mode of communication in Egypt in the ancient times. (T or F)
TRUE
The very first recorded viral infection according to history was
POLIOVIRUS (POLIOMYELITIS)
POLIOMYELITIS targets the _______________, that is why the signs and symptoms focuses on the ____________ side.
Central Nervous System
Paralytic
Small Pox is caused by the ___________.
Pox virus or Poxviridae
In 1196 BC, he is believed to have died/ succumbed to SMALLPOX.
Pharoh Ramses V
In 1196, pustular lesions on the face of the mummy & those of more past patients are being compared. (T or F)
FALSE (recent patients)
Very first attempt for vaccination process.
Variolation
Difference of variolation with vaccination.
Variolation is targeted specifically on small pox.
In 1000 BC ___________ was endemic in China in response , the practice of ____________ was developed.
Small Pox
Variolation
In 1000 BC, those who acquire small pox also acquires lesions, as it is acquired by inhilation of powderized small pox lesion. Then, the Chinese people gets the lesion, then they dry it out and powderized it which is inhaled by the population which develops the practice of Variolation. (T or F)
TRUE
In 1976, he was one of the first recipient of a vaccine, wherein a dried cowpox material is injected on him.
James Phipps (8 years old)
What is the date wherein e JAMES PHIPPS (8-yr old) using cowpox infected material of Sarah
Nemes (milkmaid)?
May 14, 1796
She was infected by a cowpox infected material which comes from James Phipps.
Sarah Nemes
What is the date wherein Edward Jenner challenged the boy by deliberately inoculating him with
material from a real case of smallpox?
July 1, 1796
____________ challenged James Phipps by deliberately inoculating him with a material from a real case ___________.
Edward Jenner
Small pox
General Characteristics of Viruses
- OBLIGATE INTRACELLULAR PARASITES
- Possess their own genomes
- Do not grow in artificial culture media
- Small infectious units (measured in nanometer; about 20 –300 nm in diameter)