Poxvirus & Ashfarvirade Flashcards
(166 cards)
Do not worry about terms here
Which viruses belong to the Subfamily Chordopoxvirinae? What is the genus name?
Which viruses belong to the Subfamily Entomopoxviriae?
Myxoma virus affects which species?
Goat pox virus, Sheep pox virus, Lumpy skin disease virus; Capripoxvirus
Poxviruses of insects
Myxoma virus affects rabbits
Poxviridae has how many subfamilies? Genera? Species?
2, 22, 83
Viruses we will be focusing on are highlighted in red.
Edward Jenner was a pioneer in the field of vaccinology who discovered the
concept of the first ______ vaccine. He identified the ?
smallpox
dentified the link between the cow pox nodules in the udder
of cattle and the miler’s nodules
Label accordingly
Edward Jenner, smallpox
Members of the family ______ are the most complex viruses that infect
various species of vertebrates.
poxviridae
Small poxvirus have three first novel criteria:
1. The first disease to be ______.
2. The first virus to have some effective ______ therapy.
3. The first vaccine ______.
eradicated, antiviral, developed
Poxviruses grow on the CAM of the ECE and produce pock lesions
CAM = coroantmembrane?
ECE = embryonated chicken egg.
Poxviruses replicate in the _______ and produce _________ inclusion
bodies.
cytoplasm, intracytoplasmic
Poxviruses prefer to replicate and grow in the _______.
epidermis
Immune response against poxviruses last longer times (?).
8-10 years
WHO declared the eradication of human poxvirus?
1977
Why was smallpox given its name?
To distinguish it from largepox
What can be seen in these images?
Smallpox
Mummy of egyptian that have died from small pox.
Girl infected with small pox.
Smallpox virus
No animal ______
Two species
1. Variola major ( ____ % fatality)
2. Variola minor (__-___% fatality)
Smallpox has shaped _______
Earliest evidence: ______ ______
_______ ___ (_____ BC)
reservoir, 20, 1-2, civilization, Egyptian mummies, Ramses V, 1157
General properties of members of the family
Poxviridae
* _____ shape
* Among the ______ ___ virus (____- ____ nm) in diameter
* Complex symmetry consists of ( ____ and two _____ bodies)
* Enveloped within the _______ inclusion body
Brick, largest, DNA, 200, 300, core, lateral, cytoplasmic
EM of poxvirus
Very characteristic
Label accordingly
Went through labels of this image. Need to know structures.
Physicochemical properties of Poxviridae
* Virions tend to aggregate in _____ ____ solution
* Infectivity of some members of family poxviridae are resistant to _____ enzyme
* Some members of family poxviridae are insensitive to ____
* Virion infectivity is sensitive to common ______, _______, _____
agents
* Virion infectivity is sensitive to temperatures greater than ____
* Virions are relatively stable in ____ conditions at ____ temperature
* They can be _____ with little loss of ______
high salt, trypsin, ether, detergents, formaldehyde, oxidizing, 40°C, dry, room, lyophilized, infectivity
Biological properties of Poxviridae
* Host range may be ____ in ______ animals and in ____ culture
* Poxviruses infecting humans are _____ except for ?
* Neutralizing ______ and ___-mediated immunity play a major role in ______ of vertebrate poxvirus infections
* Reinfection rates are generally ___ and usually less ______
* People who are infected with small pox are generally immune to the disease for
?
broad, laboratory, tissue, zoonotic, molluscum contagiosum
virus (MOCV) and the orthopoxvirus variola virus (VARV) (the etiologic agent of
smallpox, now eradicated), antibodies, cell, clearance, low (hot is getting high immune titer of Ab so it can
neutralize upcoming infection), severe, the rest of their lives (solid immunity against reinfection).