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DNA virus - diagram

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DNA virus –> 1. complex nucleocapsid 2. icosahedral nucleocapsid
1. DNA virus –> complex nucleocapsid –> envelop –> DS linear –> poxvirade –> a. smallpox b. molloscum contagiosum c. cowpox
2. DNA virus –> icosahedral nucleocapsid –> a. enveloped
b. non envelop
A. DNA virus –> icosahedral nucleocapsid –> enveloped:
- DS circular –> HEPADNAVIRIDAE (HBV)
- DS linear –> HERPESVIRIDAE (HSV1, HSV2, CMV, EBV, HHV6-8, VZV)
B. DNA virus –> icosahedral nucleocapsid –> nonenveloped:
- DS linear –> Adenoviridae
- DS circular –> Papovaviridae (Papillomavirus, Polyomavirus)
- SS linear –> Parvoviridae (B19)

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Adenovirus - causes

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  1. febrile pharyngitis (sore throat)
  2. Acute hemorrhagic cystitis
  3. Pneumonia
  4. Conjunctivitis (“pink eye”)
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Papillomavirus (HPV) causes

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  1. warts (serotypes 1,2, 6, 11) (condylomata acuminata on genitalis -6, 11)
  2. Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (most commonly 16, 18)
  3. Cervical cancer (most commonly 16, 18)
  4. penile/anal cacrinoma (most commonly 16, 18)
  5. head and neck cancer (mc 16)
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B19 virus causes

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  1. aplastic crisis in sickle cell disease, thalassemia β, hereditary spherocytosis,
  2. slapped cheeks (erythema inectiosum or fifth disease)
  3. during pregnancy RBCs destruction –> fetal death (1st trimester), hydrops fetalis (2nd trimester), not significant in 3rs trimester
  4. RBCs destruction also leads to Rheumatoid arthritis - like symptoms and pure RBC aplasia
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poxvirus - viruses?

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a. smallpox b. molloscum contagiosum c. cowpox

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cowpox causes

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milkmaid blisters

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Moloscum contagiosum - presentation

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flesh colored papule with central umblication

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HHV-6 causes

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Roseola infantum (exanthem subitum) (6th disease)

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HHV-7 causes

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Roseola infantum (exanthem subitum) (6th disease) (LESS COMMONLY)

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Roseola infantum (exanthem subitum) (6th disease) - presentation

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high fevers for several days that can seizures, followed by a diffuse macular rash

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CMV is also called / transmission

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HHV-5

  1. congenitally
  2. transfusion
  3. sexual contact
  4. saliva
  5. urine
  6. transplant
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CMV (HHV-5) causes

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  1. mononucleosis with (-) Monospot in immunocompoment)
  2. congenital infection
  3. in immunocompromised patients (pneumonia, retinitis, hepatitis, encephalitis, neuropathy) –> esp pneumonia in transplant
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CMV (HHV-5) retinitis?

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AIDS retinitis –> hemorrhage, cotton-wool exudates, vision loss

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CMV (HHV-5) latent in / histology

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mononuclear cels

characteristic “owl eye” inclusions

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EBV is AKA / transmission

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HHV-4

resp secretions, saliva

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EBV (HHV-4) causes

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  1. Mononucleosis
  2. endemic Burkit lymphoma
  3. Hodgkin lymphoma
  4. nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  5. primary CNS lymphoma in immunocompromised patients)
  6. Hairy leukoplakia (HIV+, organ transplant recipients)
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Hairy leukoplakia is occurs in

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HIV+, organ transplant recipients

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VZV - transmission / aka

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respiratory secretions

HHV-3

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VZV causes

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  1. chickenbox
  2. shingles
  3. encephalitis
  4. pneumonia
  5. Acute disseminated (postinfectious) encephalomyelitis (after)
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HSV-1 causes

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  1. oral lesions (gingivostomatitis, herpes labialis)
  2. keratinoconjuctivitis
  3. temporal lobe encephalitis
  4. genital lesions (rare) (herpes genitalis)
  5. herpes whitlow
  6. Kluver-Bucy
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HSV-1 - temporal lobe encephalitis - presentation

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  1. altered mental status
  2. seizures
  3. aphasia
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HSV-2 causes

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  1. Herpes genitalis
  2. neonatal herpes
  3. oral lesion (rare)
  4. herpes whitlow
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HSV identification - process

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  1. viral culture for skin/genitalia
  2. CSF pcr for herpes encephalitis
  3. Tzanck test - a smear of an opened skin vesicle to detect multinucleated giant cells commonly seen in HSV1, 2 and VZV infection
  4. Intranuclear inclisions also seen with HSV-1, HSV-2, VZV
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Viral vaccines - categories and viruses

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A. Live attenuated vaccines (1. smallpox 2. yellow fever 3. rotavirus 4. VZV 5. Sabin polio 6. Influenza (intransal) 7. Measles 8. Mumps 9. Rubella)
B. Killed (1. Rabies 2. Influenza (injected) 3. Salk Polio 4. HAV)
C. Subunit (1. HBV (antigen=HBsAg) 2. HPV (types 6, 11, 16, 18))

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6th disease? | 5th disease?
6- Roseola infantum (exanthem subitum) | 5- slapped cheeks (erythema inectiosum)
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RNA virus - helical nucleocapsid - diagram
helical nucleocapsid --> enveloped: 1. SS- segmented: a. Bunyaviridae) b. Arenoviridae (Arenovirus) c. Orthomycoviridae (Influenza A,B,C) 2. SS+ nonsegmented a. Coronoviridae --> Coronovirus 3. SS- nonsegmented a. Filoviridae (filovirus) b. Rhbdoviridae (lyssavirus) c. Paramyxoviridae (Parainfluenza, RSV, Measles, Mumps)
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RNA virus - icosahedral nucleocapsid - diagram
1. Nonenveloped A. SS+ non-segmented - Picornaviridae --> a. Rhinovirus B. enterovirus (Poliovirus, Hepatitis A virus, coxsackievirus, echovirus) - Caliciviridae --> Clicivirus (Norovirus, Hepatitis E) B. DS segmented --> Reoviridae (Rotavirus, Coltivirus) 2. Enveloped A. SS+ diploid --> Retrovirus (HIV, HTLV-1, HTLV-2) B. SS+ non-segmented - Flaviviridae (Flavivirus) - Togaviridae (rubella, Eastern equine encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis) C. SS- circular --> Deltavirus (NOT EXACTLY icosahedral nucleocapsid)
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coronovirus causes
1. common cold 2. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) 3. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
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Lassa virus causes
Lassa fever ecephalitis (a form of hemorrhagic fever)
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Lassa virus transmission
- spread by rodents (contaminated food or water by rodent urine - person to person via bodily fluids
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Hantavirus - characteristics clinical manifestation
hemorrhagic fever, pneumonia
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Embola virus - course
abrupt onset of flu-like symptoms, diarrhea/vomiting, high fever myalgia --> DIC, diffuse hemrrhage, shock --> high mortality rate
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Rabies virus - Post-exposure prophylaxis
1. wound cleaning 2. imunization with killed vaccine 3. rabies immunoglobulin (PASSIVE ACTIVE IMMUNITY)
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RSV causes
respiratory tract infection (bronchiolitis, pneumonia) in infants
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Mumps virus infection - symptoms
1. parotitis 2. orchitis 3. Aseptic meningitis 4. Pancreatisis
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Mumps virus infection - complication
can cause sterility, especially after puberty
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measles (rubeola) usual presentation
prodromal fever with cough, fever and conductivities, then eventually Koplik spots, followed (1-2days) by maculopapular rash that starts on at the head/neck and spreads downward - Lymphadenitis with Warthin-Finkeldey giant cells (fused lymphocytes) in a background of paracortical hyperplasia
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Koplik spots?? They are associated with?
bright red spots with blue-white center on buccal mucosa that precede the measles rash by 1-2 days measles (rubeola)
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measles (rubeola) - possible sequelae
1. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) - years later 2. enecephalitis (1:2000) 3. giant cell pneumonia (rarely, in imminosuppressed)
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Coxsackievirus causes
aseptic meningitis, herpangina (mounth blisters, fever), hand - foot and mount disease, myocarditis, pericarditis
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Norovirus causes
viral gastroenteritides
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Rotavirus causes
- MCC of fatal diarrhea in children - the most important global cause of infantile gastroenteritis - Major cause of diarrhea in USA during winter especially in day care centers, kindergartens
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Coltivirus causes
Corolando tick fever
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Poliovirus - vaccine (type and rout)
1. Salk --> killed (inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV)) --> injection 2. Sabin --> live attenuated vaccines (oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV)) --> oral
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Yellow fever - transmission / reservoir
Aedes mosquitoes (monkey or human reservoir)
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Yellow fever symptoms
high fever black vomitus jaundice
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Rubella virus causes (and aka)
rubella (German (3-day) measles)
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rubella - symptoms
MILD disease in children but SERIOUS congenital disease 1. Fever 2. postauricular and other lymphadenopathy 3. arthralgias 4. fine rash (confluent macules that starts on the face and spread centrifugically to involve the trank and extremities
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congenital rubella causes
1. Blueberry muffin appearance (rash) | 2. classic triad a. PDA (or pulmonary artery hypoplasia b. cataracts c. deafness
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interferons - clinical use
Interferons - α: 1. chronic hepatitis B, C 2. Kaposi sarcoma 3. hairy cell leukemia 4. condyloma acuminatum 5. renal cell carcinoma 6. malignant melanoma Interferons - β: multiple sclerosis Interferons - γ: chronic granulomatous disease
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interferons - side effects
1. neutropenia 2. myopathy 3. Flu-like symptoms 4. depression 1
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HSV causes (on CNS)
HSV-1 --> encephalitis | HSV-2 --> meningitis
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Hand-foot-month disease is caused by? clinical presentation
Coxsackievirus type A OVAL-haped vesicles on palms and soles vesicles and ulcers in oral mucosa
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Rubeola (Measles) is caused by? clinical presentation
Beginning at head and moving down (maculopapular). Rash is preceded by cough, coryza, conjuctivitis, and blue white (Koplik) sptos on buccal mucosa
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Chickenpox is caused by? clinical presentation
VZV | vesicular rash begins on trunk --> spreads to face and extremities with lesions of DIFFERENT STAGES
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hepres zoster (shingles) - clinical features
- prodromal: itching, tingling, burning in dermotomal distribution - rash: papules + vesicles on erythematuous base, ulceration + crusting, acute neirtic pain - postherpetic neuralgia: neeuritic pain pain more than 4 months after rash onset
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herpes zoster (shingles) - treatment
- antiviral therapy: acyclovir, valacyclovir, famciclovir | - neuralgia: TCA, pregabaln, gabapentin
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CMV mononucleosis - manifestation
persistent fever, malaise, fatique with absolute atypical lyymphocytosis on complete blood count and atypical lymphocytes on peripheral blood smear - unlike EBV: no pharyngitis, lymphadenopathy or splenomegaly
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Parvovirus B19 infection - manifestation
- Most are asymptomatic or flulike symptoms - erythema infectiosum (5th disease): fever, nausea, SLAPPED CHEEK (in children) - acute summertic arthritis (like RA) - transient pire red cell aplasia
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Parvovirus B19 infection - diagnosis
acute infection : IgM in immunocompetent, NAAT for DNA in immunocompromised previous: IgG Reactivation: NAAT for B19 DNA
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adults at high risk for influenza complications
1. older than 65 2. women who are pregnant + up to 2 wks postpartum 3. chronic medical illness 4. immunosuppression 5. morbid obesity 6. native americans 7. nursing home or chronic care facility residents
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indications of oseltamivir in flu
1. RF (65 or older, chronic medical problems, pregnancy | 2. without RRD who come within 48 hours
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IM - complications
airway compromise 2. autoimmune hemolytic anemia 3. thrombocytopenia
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exposure to HBV of a nonimmunized - next step
both HB vaccine (within 12 hours) and immune globulin (within 24 hours)
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Infect mono - heterophile antibody test
negative at the beginning (look for atypical lymphocytes)
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clinical featrues of chronic HCV - clinical presentation
asymptomatic or nonspecific symptoms - high transminases - progression to cirrhosis in 220% and HCC
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chronic HCV - extrahepatic
- hematologic, mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome - membranoproliferative glumeruloneph - dermatologic: porphyria cutanea tarda, liches planus
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HCV antibodies positive - next step?
HCV RNA PCR testing - the diagnosis of chronic infection is a 2 step process that requires both positive serologic antibodies + a confirmatory molecular test for the presensnce of circulating HCV RNA
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dermatological manifestation of HCV
1. porphyria cutanea tarda | 2. lichen planus
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HCV treatment
ledipasvir-sofosbuvir
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check for HSV when STD diagnosis
no: reserved for active symptoms
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infectious mono - for how long avoid sports
3 weeks for sports and 4 weeks for contact sports
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HBV infection - chances of recovery?
depends of age: - healthy adults: more than 95% of recovery - 1-5 years old 50-80% recovery - perinatal: always chronic infection

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