Virus Chart Flashcards
(42 cards)
Poliovirus
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(picornaviridae family)
+ ss RNA
Poliomyelitis
fecal-oral
sequencing by RT-PCR by the CDC
Vireia, invasion of the CNS, lytic destruction of anterior horn cells
Live-attenuated oral, killed-virus inection
NO anti-viral therapy
Long-lived protective immunity or paralysis
Coxsackie Virus
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(picornaviridae)
+ SS RNA
Hand, foot and mouth disease
Fecal-oral
Clinical diagnosis or RT-PCR
Viremia, target skin, cell death
No vaccines
No anti-viral therapy
Long-lived protective immunity
D68
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+ ss RNA
Respiratory infection
Respiratory and contact with contaminated surfaces
PCR and/or isolate virus and culture for cytopathic effect
Viremia –> RTI
No vaccines
Pleoconaril (severe cases)
Long-lived protective immunity
Hep A Virus
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(pico family)
+ ss RNA
Hepatitis
fecal-oral
IgM serology by antibody capture
Viremia, target liver
Killed Virus Vaccine
(vaccine during prodrone period of infection)
Long-lived protective immunity
Rotavirus
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(Reovirus family)
DS Segmented RNA
Diarrhea (#1)
Fecal Oral
Viral antigen in stoll detected by EIA
Local replication, enterotoxin production
2 Vaccines: Rotateq and Rotaric
No anti-viral therapy
Short-term immunity, less severe re-infection
Noroviruses (norwalk)
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(Calicivirus family / norwalk)
+ ss RNA
Diarrhea
fecal-oral
RT-PCR by film array
Lysis and shedding of epithelial cells
No vaccines
No anti-viral therapy
Type specific immunity
Influenza Virus
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(Orthomyxovirus)
- RNA, segmented enveloped
“The flu”
Respiratory
Film array RT-PCR assay
Local replication in respiratory tract, necrosis of epithelial cells
2: Life-attenuated and killed-virus
Amantidine, neuroaminidase inhibitors
Annual reinfection due to antigenic shift and drift
Rhinoviruses
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(Pico)
+ RNA
common cold
Respiratory
film array RT-PCR assay
Lytic replication in the respiratory epithelium
no vaccines
no anti-viral therapy
type-specific immunity
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
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(paramyxovirus family)
- ss RNA, enveloped
Severe lower respiratory tract infection in children
Respiratory
Film array RT-PCR assay
Local replication in respiratory tract, necrosis of epithelial cells
Vaccines-preventative monoclonal antibody, palivizumab
No anti-viral therapy
short-term immunity; less severe re-infection
Parainfluenza Virus
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(paramyxovirus)
-ss RNA, enveloped
Croup
Respiratory
Clinical Dx, RT-PCR
Local rep in respiratory tract, necrosis of epithelial cells
NO vaccines
TX: glucocorticoids for severe cases
short-term immunity
Mumps Virus
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(Paramyxovirus)
- ss RNA, enveloped
Mumps
Respiratory (befor the parotitis)
Clinical dx, confirmed by serology or sequencing performed by public health dept
Replication in respiratory tract, viremia, targeting parotid gland
Vaccine: Live-attenuated / MMR
No therapy
Long-term immunity
Rubella Virus
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(Togavirus Group)
+ ss RNA, enveloped
dz: rubella, german measles (congenital rubella syndrome)
Respiratory, mother to fetus (torches infection)
dx: serology
Replication in respiratory tract, viremia, rash
Live-atenuated vaccine / MMR
No therapy
Long-term immunity, congenital rubella syndrome
Parvovirus
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ss DNA
Erythemia infectiosums (5th disease) / slap rash / tOrches infection
Respiratory
Clinical dz, serology or PCR of serum from aplastic crisis
Replicates in erythroid precursor nuclei
NO vaccines
Tx: IV-IG for aplastic crisis in immunocomp pt
Long-term immunity
HIV:
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+RNA lentivirus
progress to AIDS
Mother to child (torcHes), transfusion, IVDA, sexual
Srology + confirmation by western blot; RT-PCR for viral load in response to HAART; sequencing to look fordrug resistance
Depletion of CD4+ T cells
NO vaccine
HAART - mutiple RT-inhibitors and protease inhibitors
Suseptability to opportunisitic infections, progression to AIDS, death
Herpes Simplex Virus 1:
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DNA, enveloped
Cold sores, encephalitis
Contact
clinical pres or PCR from infected tissue
Replicated in epithelia, latenti in trigeminal ganglia, reactivation
no vaccines
acyclovir and priteliver
Latent infection with recurrence
Herpes Simplex Virus II
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DNA enveloped
Genital lesions, Neonatal herpes
Contact
Clinical presentation, PCR of infected tissue, culture virus from lesion
Replicated in epithelia, latent in sacral ganglia, reactivation
No vaccines
Tx: acyclovir, Priteliver
Latent infection w/recurrence, neonatal death or neurological impairment or death
Varicella-Zostar Virus:
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DNA, enveloped
Chicken pox/shingles
Respiratory
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Replicated in respiratory epithelium, viremia, rash, latenti in dorsal root ganglia, reaccurence as shingles can occur
Live-attenuated
Acylovir
Latent infection with reacurrence as shingles
Epstein-Barr Virus:
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DNA, enveloped
Infectious mononucleosis (mono)
Respiratory, saliva
Monospot (heterophile Ab) and/or serology for IgM to VCA
Replicated and latent in B cells
No vaccines
No TX
Latent infection with sporadic shedding, burkitts lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Cytomegalovirus (CMV):
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DNA, enveloped
Post-transplant pneumonia, neonatal CMV (tOrches)
Contact - saliva, secretions, mother to newborn
PCR, serology, histology
Infects epithelium, cell proliferation, latency in T cells, macrophages and other cells, sporadic shedding
No vaccine
Tx: ganciclvir, letermovir
Human Herpes Virus 6 & 7:
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DNA, enveloped
Roseola, exanthem subitum
Respiratory
Clinical Presentation
Sudden onset of fever, fever resolves THEN red rash appears, latency in T cells
NO vaccine
NO treatment
Latent infection
Human Herpes Virus 8:
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DNA, enveloped
Kaposi’s Sarcoma
Sexual contact
Clincal presentaiton and PCR
T cells control infection, activation occurs during immunosuppression
NO vaccine
NO tx
Sarcoma lesions in AIDS patients unless treated with HAART
Papilloma Virus:
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DNA
Warts, cervical CA
contact
Clinical presentation, hybridization/pap smear
Virus production associated with cell differentiation
Virus-like particle vaccine
No anti-viral therapy
Type 16, 18, 31 cervical CA
Hepatitis B Virus
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Partial dsDNA, enveloped
Hepatitis
Mother to child, transfusion, IVDA, sexual
Serology by antibody capture
Viremia, targeting of the liver, persists in cells
Subunit vaccine
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)
Hepatocellular CA
Hepatitis C Virus:
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+ss RNA, enveloped
Hepatitis
Transfusion, IVDA, contact with blood
RT-PCR, sequencing for genotype, serology
Viremia, targeting of hte liver, persistant infection
No vaccine
Direct acting anti-virals (DAAs)
Hepatocellular CA
