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Flashcards in Virus Pathogenesis Deck (19)
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1
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What are 3 virus pathogenic mechanisms?

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  • cell destruction following virus infection
  • virus induced changes to cellular gene expression (cellular transformation by tumour viruses)
  • immunopathogenic disease
2
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What is an example of cell destruction following viral infection?

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Death of T4+ cells by HIV

3
Q

What are 2 examples of immunopathogenic disease?

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-influenza A virus

Coxsackievirus- induced myocarditis

4
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What are the site of viral entry? (7)

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  • conjunctiva
  • arthropod
  • capillary
  • skin
  • respiratory tract
  • alimentary tract
  • urogenital tract
5
Q

What kind of virus does the influenza A virus cause?

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respiratory infection

6
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What kind of infections does enterovirus cause?

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  • enteric

- neurological

7
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Describe the process of infection by the influenza A virus.

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  • virus infects cells of the respiratory tract
  • destruction of respiratory epithelium
  • altered cytokine expression leading to fever
8
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Name 2 examples of cytokines that when expression is altered can lead to fever.

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  • interleukin-1

- interferon

9
Q

What can cause a cytokine storm?

A

Avian influenza virus (H5N1)

10
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What is antigenic drift?

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gradual evolution of viruses to generate antigenic variants

11
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What is antigenic shift??

A

significant changes in virus antigenic structure

12
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What plays a key role in generating new virus types through antigenic shift?

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non-human hosts

13
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Name 5 examples of conditions and the enterovirus they are caused by.

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  • poliomyelitis (poliovirus)
  • aseptic meningitis (many enteroviruses)
  • myocarditis (coxsackie B viruses)
  • pancreatitis (coxsackie B viurses)
  • respiratory infection (many enteroviruses)
14
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Give an example of a latent virus which has 2 types.

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  • Herpes simplex virus
  • Type 1 =cold sores
  • Type 2= genital lesions
15
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Describe the process of infection by the latent herpes virus.

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  • primary infection of epithelial cells
  • virus migrates to ganglia
  • virus remains latent in nucleus= no virus replication
  • stimuli such as sunlight reactivates virus
  • virus migration to epithelial cells leading to virus replication
16
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Give 2 examples of viruses which can induce tumours and what they can cause.

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  • Papillomaviruses- cervical carcinoma

- Retroviruses- lymphomas and leukaemias

17
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What does HTLV-1 cause and how is it transmitted?

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  • variety of diseases including leukaemia (adult T cell lymphoma-leukaemia)
  • transmission by blood and mother to child
18
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What does HTLV-1 do?

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modifies host cell gene expression using a transactivating protein (tax)

19
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Describe the process in which retrovirus can induce tumours.

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  • virus infects cell
  • virus nucleic acid, as DNA , integrates into cellular genome
  • virus causes changes in cellular gene expression
  • uncontrolled cell multiplication and tumour formation