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Poxviridae characteristics

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  • Zoonotic infections
  • Man is accidental host
  • Usually transmitted by direct contact
  • Molluscum contagiosum also sexually transmitted
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Poxvirus types

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  • Variola major
  • Cowpox
  • Molluscum contagiosum
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Variola major

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Host: Man
Disease: Smallpox

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Cowpox virus

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Host: cattle
Disease: hemorrhagic ulcer

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Molluscum contagiosum

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Host: man
Disease: chronic, multiple nodules (umbilicated appearance), vesicular rash on face and neck

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Parvoviridae (parvovirus) types

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• Parvovirus B19

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Parvovirus B19

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Transmission: aerosol
Disease: Erythema infectiosum (slapped cheek syndrome)

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Hepadnaviridae (hepadnavirus) characteristics

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Transmitted through
• injection (parenteral)
• sexual contact
• perinatal route (vertical)

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Hepadnavirus types

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Hepatitis B

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Hepatitis B characteristics

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Host: man
Disease: hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer

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Herpesviridae (herpesvirus) types

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  • HSV-1
  • VZV
  • EBV
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HSV-1

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Transmission: oral, close contact
Disease: gingivostomatitis (cold sores)

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VZV (Varicella Zoster Virus)

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Transmission: aerosol, close contact, congenital
Disease: varicella (chickenpox), zoster (shingles)

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EBV (Epstein-Barr Virus)

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Transmission: close contact
Disease: Burkitt’s lymphoma
Infectious mononucleosis

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Papillomaviridae (papillomavirus) types

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HPV

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HPV

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• Transmission: close contact
Disease: warts
• Transmission: genital
Disease: condyloma acuminata (genital warts), cervical cancer

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Adenoviridae (adenovirus) characteristics

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Transmission: respiratory aerosol/ocular secretions
Diseases:
• Respiratory
• Conjunctivitis
• Haemorrhagic cystitis
• Gastroenteritis
• Pharyngitis, pharyngeal-conjunctival fever (infants)
• Tonsils infection
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Caliciviridae (calicivirus) characteristics

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Transmitted through food and water (fecal-oral spread)

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Calicivirus types

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  • Human Norwalk virus

* Human Sapporo virus

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Human Norwalk virus

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Host: man
Disease: Epidemic gastroenteritis (vomiting in children, diarrhoea in adults)

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Human Sapporo virus

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Host: man
Disease: acute gastroenteritis in children

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Astroviridae (astrovirus) characteristics

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Transmitted through contaminated food and water (fecal-oral spread)

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Astrovirus type

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Human astrovirus

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Human astrovirus

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Host: man
Disease: gastroenteritis outbreaks (diarrhoea in children)

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Picornaviridae (picornavirus) characteristics
* Transmission: fecal-oral, aerosol routes | * Vectors: cockroaches and flies
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Picornavirus types
* Coxsackievirus A | * Enterovirus
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Coxsackievirus A
Transmission: fecal-oral Disease: Herpangina (ulcer on fauces)
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Enterovirus
Transmission: fecal-oral Disease: HFMD
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Reoviridae (reovirus) types
Rotavirus
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Rotavirus
Transmission: fecal-oral Disease: gastroenteritis (esp children)
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Coronaviridae (coronavirus) characteristics
Transmission: droplet aerosol
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Coronavirus type
SARS coronavirus
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SARS coronavirus
Host: civet cats | Disease/ SARS
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Paramyxoviridae (paramyxovirus) types
* Mumps | * Measles
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Mumps
Transmission: aerosol Disease: Parotitis (inflammation of parotid gland)
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Measles
Transmission: aerosol Disease: measles (erythematous rash)
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Nipah virus
* Transmission: close contact with infected pigs * Hosts: fruit bats * Disease: encephalitis
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Orthomyxoviridae (orthomyxovirus) types
• Influenza A
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Influenza A
Host: man, animals Transmission: aerosol Disease: acute respiratory disease
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Filoviridae (filovirus) characteristics
* Tubular and enveloped virus | * Transmitted via direct contact with blood
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Filoviridae (filovirus) types
Ebola
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Ebola virus
Host: man Disease: Haemorrhagic fever
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Rhabdoviridae (rhabdovirus) characteristics
* Bullet-shaped enveloped virus | * Transmitted via bites of infected mammals
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Rhabdovirus types
Rabies
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Rabies
Host: all forms of mammals Disease: rabies, incl fatal encephalitis
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Flaviviridae (flavivirus) characteristics
Hosts: birds, animals, man (accidental: zoonotic)
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Flavivirus types
Dengue | Hepatitis C
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Dengue
Host: man Disease: Haemorrhagic fever
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Hepatitis C
Host: blood Disease: hepatitis, cirrhosis
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Retrovirus types
HIV
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HIV
Host: man Disease: AIDS

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