Virology Flashcards
(46 cards)
All DNA viruses are icosahedral EXCEPT
Poxvirus
All enveloped viruses acquire their envelope from plasma membrane except
Herpes virus (from nuclear membrane)
Mnemonics: Naked viruses
Give CPR and PAPP smear to NAKED hippie
Calici, Picorna, Reo, Hepevirus
Parvo, Adeno, Papilloma, Polyoma
All viruses are haploid EXCEPT
retroviruses
Mnemonics: Segmented genome
Bunyaviruses, Orthomyxoviruses (influenza), Arenaviruses, Reoviruses
Mnemonics: Negative strand RNA viruses
Always Bring Polymerase Or Fail Replication
-Arenaviruses, Bunyaviruses, Paramyxoviruses, Orthomyxoviruses, Filoviruses, Rhabdoviruses
Most DNA viruses have both (+) and (-) strand except
Parvoviruses (ss)
All ds DNA have icosahedral symmetry EXCEPT
Poxvirus
CMV receptor
integrins (heparan sulfate)
EBV receptor
CD21
HIV receptor
CD4, CXCR4, CCR5
Parvovirus B19 receptor
P antigen on RBCs
Rabies receptor
Nicotinic AchR
Rhinovirus
ICAM-1
Examples of Live-atenuated vaccines
MISSCRY
-MMR, influenza, smallpox, sabin’s polio vaccine, chickenpox, rotavirus, yellowfever
gene E6 inhibits
p53
E7 inhibits
Rb
causes progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in patients with AIDS
JC Polyoma virus
causes hemorrhagic cystitis and nephropathy in patients with solid organ (kidney) and bone marrow transplants
BK Polyoma virus
Multinucleated cells in Tzanck smear
HSV
Ramsay-hunt syndrome
VZV
Owl’s eye nuclear inclusions
CMV
DOC for CMV
Gancyclovir
HHV4
EBV