Viruses and disease Flashcards
1
Q
Viruses are surrounded by a…
A
Protein coat
2
Q
How are viruses spread?
A
Respiratory Direct contact Faecal-oral Animal vector Sexual
3
Q
Acute infection followed by complete recovery…
A
Rotavirus
4
Q
Acute infection followed by permanent damage…
A
Poliovirus
5
Q
Acute infection followed by persistance in the patient…
A
Herpes simplex type-1
6
Q
Congenital infection…
A
Cytomegolovirus or rubella
7
Q
Cancer…
A
Epstein Barr virus
8
Q
An emerging infection…
A
HIV
9
Q
Has been or is likely to be completley eradicated…
A
Smallpox
10
Q
By what route is influenza spread?
A
Respiratory
11
Q
By what route is HIV spread?
A
Sexual
12
Q
By what route is rabies spread?
A
Animal Vector
13
Q
How is hepatitis A spread?
A
Faecal-oral
14
Q
How is adenovirus spread?
A
Direct contact
15
Q
4 main types of virus structure…
A
Naked helical (no human virus, tobacco mosiac virus) Enveloped helical (measels, mumps and rabies) Naked icosahedral (polio and papilloma) Enveloped icosahedral (all herpes)
