Viruses

Question 1

What kind of virus is rubella?

Answer 1

A togavirus, single stranded RNA enclosed in a capsid

Question 2

What kind of virus is HIV?

Answer 2

A lentivirus (retrovirus), 2 copies of single stranded RNA enclosed in a capsid

Question 3

What kind of vaccine is rubella?

Answer 3

Live attenuated (can’t be given to pregnant women)

Question 4

What does a congenital rubella infection cause?

Answer 4

Highest risk of transmission is in the first 12 weeks and highest risk of defects are also in the first 12 weeks, at >16 weeks there is minimal risk of deafness, at >20 weeks there is no increased risk of defects - sensorineural deafness, congenital heart disease, cataracts/glaucoma, thrombocytopenic purpura

Question 5

What is german measles?

Answer 5

Rubella

Question 6

How is rubella spread?

Answer 6

droplets - upper respiratory tract

Question 7

How often should you test infants, if the mother decides to breastfeed?

Answer 7

Monthly

Question 8

What is a double stranded RNA virus?

Answer 8

Rotavirus

Question 9

What kind of microbe is rotavirus?

Answer 9

Doubled stranded RNA

Question 10

What is a retrovirus?

Answer 10

An RNA virus that uses DNA for replication i.e. HIV

Question 11

What are HPV 6 and 11 associated with?

Answer 11

Anogenital warts and low grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix

Question 12

What does the gardasil vaccine defend against?

Answer 12

HPV 6, 11, 16 and 18

Question 13

Which proteins in HPV sequence are related to malignancy?

Answer 13

E6 and E7

Question 14

Herpes simplex virus - what kind of microbe?

Answer 14

Double stranded DNA virus

Question 15

HIV - virus family

Answer 15

lentivirus

Question 16

Rubella - virus family

Answer 16

togavirus

Question 17

Hep C - virus family

Answer 17

flavaviridiae

Question 18

Zika virus- virus family

Answer 18

Favaviridiae

Question 19

polio - virus family

Answer 19

enterovirus

Question 20

Frequency of CMV in pregnancy

Answer 20

1 in 150

Question 21

Double stranded RNA virus

Answer 21

rotavirus

Question 22

Single stranded RNA vius

Answer 22

HIV
Rubella
Hep A C D E

Question 23

Double stranded DNA virus

Answer 23

Hep B
CMV
Herpes simplex
HPV 
Epstein Barr

Question 24

Single stranded DNA virus

Answer 24

Parvovirus B19

Question 25

Incubation period for rubella

Answer 25

13-20 days

Question 26

What kind of fungus is candida albicans?

Answer 26

yeast-like fungus

Question 27

Incubation of varicella

Answer 27

10-20 days

Question 28

Haemophilus ducreyi

Answer 28

gram negative cocco-bacillus - causes painful chancre

Question 29

varicella - family of virus

Answer 29

herpes

Question 30

karposis sarcoma - family of virus

Answer 30

herpes

Question 31

White cells elevated with CMV

Answer 31

lymphocytes