Virsues Flashcards

1
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Virology is..

A

The science that deals with the study of viruses as causative agents for diseases

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2
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Size

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20-500nm

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3
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Can virus grow on media

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No

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4
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Virus outside cell is

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Virion

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5
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Unique facts

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RNA or DNA
double stranded RNA

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6
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History

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1400BC>memphis
1196BC>ramses 5
1800> LOUIS pasteur rabies, small pathogen
1876> adolf mayer, tobacco mosaic disease, toxin
Dimtry> toxin from bacteria
Martinhs Beijerneik> contagium vivum fluidum

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7
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First human virus

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Yellow fever virus, carried by mosquitos

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8
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Interferons

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Cytokines proteins
For communication bet cells
Immune response
Interfere with viral replication

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9
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How to cultivate virus

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Inoculation to embryonated egg/ animal
Tissue culture

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10
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Nucleic acid + capsid

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Nucleocapsid

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11
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Protein coat units

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Capsomeres

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12
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Arrangement of capsomeres + examples

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Helical»rabies & ebola
Cubic»poliovirus
Binal/complex»bacteriophage

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13
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Protein coat function

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Protect nucleic acid
Glycoproteins as receptors

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14
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Polio is….
HIV is…

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Naked
Enveloped

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15
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Prophage
Lysogenic cell

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Cell DNA + virus DNA
Cell in lysogenic cycle

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