Viruses Flashcards
(130 cards)
Tacaribe, Guanarito, Junin and Machupo
New world Arena virus
Mus musculus
Mastomys natalensis
Old world Arena virus
Meningitis
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
hemorrhagic fever + influenza like
Lassa Virus
Sand shape appearance in electron microscope
Acquired through inhalation from infected rodent or direct contact
Arenavirus
Transmitted by mosquito, ticks and sandfly
Bunyavirus
LaCrosse & California Encephalitis
Brain and liver
Hemorrhagic Fever
Vascular Endothelium and Liver
Small( 30 to 38) nm rounded nonenveloped that cause gastroenteritis to humans
Calcivirus
acquired from civet cat that originated from Guangdong, China
SARS-COV1
possibly acquired from pangolin that originated for Wuhan, China.
SARS-COV2
Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus and Aedes polynesiansis.
Dengue vectors
Major protein in dengue virus
E for envelope protein
Previously under calicivirus;
High Case Fatality Rate in Pregnant Women
( 10-20%)
Hepevirus
Do not have segments that’s why they don’t undergo antigenic shift
Paramyxovirus
Highly contagious accompanied by maculopapular rash and fever
Measles or Morbilivirus
Associated with winter epidemics bronchiolitis and pneumonia which is common in children
Metapneumovirus
The most common cause of aseptic meningitis or inflammation of brain parenchyma
Primary MOT: respiratory or gastrointestinal
Enteroviruses
NAKED virus
PIcornavirus, REovirus, CAlicivirus,PApovavirus, PArvovirus, ADEnovirus
Protein shell or coat that encloses the nucleic acid
Capsid
Nucleic acid + Capsid (Enclosed)
Nucleocapsid
Morphological units seen on the surface of particles
Capsomeres
A lipid containing membrane that surrounds some viral particles
Envelope
Protomers are the smallest functional unit equivalent to building units of the capsid
Structural Units