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what is the worldwide mortality from GE?

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4-10 million p/a

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what is the 2nd most common cause of child death globally?

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GE

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what is viral GE?

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inflammation of the lining of the stomach, small and large intestine

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what causes complications in GE?

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dehydration: fluid intake needs to be higher than that lost through vomiting and diarrhoea

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how contagious is GE? how common?

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Highly contagious and extremely common

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what is necessary for a virus to be cause GE?

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  • the gut has to be both the portal of entry and the target tissue
    (ie must replicate in gut and induce symptoms in gut)
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how is GE spread?

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oral-faecal route

  • enter via food–> food poisoning
  • excreted in faeces (poor hygiene, sanitation, clean water availability)
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why are GE causing conditions poorly characterised?

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  • don’t grow well/ at all in tissue culture
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do GE viruses infect at low or high doses?

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low (10-100vp)

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are GE viruses detectable in food?

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rarely, only in Bivalbia shellfish

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why is routine food screening is not feasible?

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most food contamination is identified RETROSPECTIVELY

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how are GE viruses detected/diagnosed?

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1) electron microscopy
2) genomic tests (RT-PCR)
3) immunological tests (antigenic detection, ELISA)

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what method CANNOT be used to detect viral GE causing viruses?

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CELL CULTURE

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what are the problems with the methods of detecting GE viruses?

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  • don’t tell us about infectivity

- lead to underestimation of GE infection

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how can GE be prevented?

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follow HACCP guidelines for food handling and safety management

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what are the general features of Rotavirus?

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spokes radiate from the central hub

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which of the GE causing viruses are the largest?

what do their genomes have in common?

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Rotavirus and Adenovirus

- both have double stranded genetic info (Adeno has DNA, Rota has RNA)

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which of the GE causing viruses are the smallest? what do their genomes have in common?

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Caliciviruses and Astroviruses

- both are positive sense RNA

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what are the general features of Adenoviruses?

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  • icosahedral

- may have long fibres extending from the apices

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what are the general features of Caliciviruses?

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32 ‘cup-like’ indentations on the surface

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what are the general features of Astroviruses?

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arrangements of capsomeres gives the appearance of 5/6 pointed STAR on surface

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describe Astroviruses?
which group of baltimore 
transmission route
what does it infect
what does it cause
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  • non enveloped
  • 30nm icosahedral virus
  • 5-6 pointed star like appearance
  • group 4 Baltimore
  • worldwide distribution
  • transmitted through oral-faecal route
  • infects epithelial cells of intestinal tract
  • cuases diarrhoea
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who does Astrovirus mostly affect?

how is it diagnosed?

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  • young children and elderly & instituionalised patients
  • diagnosed using EM, ELISA, NAAT
24
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describe Rotavirus
which family
genome
what type of virus 
what does it infect
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  • members of Reoviridae
  • non-enveloped, 70nm icosahedral w/ spikes from central hub
  • double stranded RNA divided into 11 segments, codes for 12 proteins( 1 in each segment and 2 in segment 11)
  • genome protected by 3 protein shells
  • hit and run virus
  • infects TIPS OF MICROVILLI in intestine
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what is the major cause of viral GE in infants & young children?
Rota | - 1 million deaths pa
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how does Rotavirus have high transmission?
- high stability to inactivation - quick infection (2-4 days) - high prod of viral particles in stools
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what is the target of Rota?
children
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what is the treatment for Rota?
children: fluid therapy adults: rehydration
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why is Rota a hit and run virus?
poor immunity that does not protect against future infections
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how are neonates protected from Rota?
Maternal passive immunity can protect for few months
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are vaccines available for Rota?
now live attenuated vaccines approved for use in the US: routine vaccination with 3 doses at ages of 2, 4 and 6 months
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what is the single major cause of non bacterial GE?
Noro
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why is Noro so common?
v. high transmissibility (guidelines state that those working with food (or nurseries) should not return to work for 48h after symptoms disappear)
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can Noro reinfect?
yes, there is no lasting immunity
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Noro is part of which family? | which genera infect humans?
Caliciviridae (consists of Vesivirus, Lagovirus, Sapovirus and Norovirus) - Sapovirus and Norovirus infect humans causing winter vomiting disease
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describe the genome of Noro? which Baltimore group
- non enveloped - positive sense RNA genome - Baltimore group 4
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what is the function of VPg protein in Noro?
works as primer, so protein can be made from the genome
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in Noro, what is the role of the SUBGENOMIC RNA?
produce only structural proteins
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how quickly do symptoms appear for Noro? how long do they last?
- appear 12-48 hrs after infection | - lasts 2-3 days
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how is Noro transmitted?
Transmitted via oral-faecal route: - consumption of contaminated food - person/fomite-to-person contact- airborne droplets (vomit)
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what are the symptoms of Noro?
nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal cramps and pain
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how do the drugs used for Noro work?
Drugs against protein synthesis, protease and polymerase
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is there a vaccine for Noro?
difficult because there are many serotypes and antigenic drift VLPs (virus like particles) are under development
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describe the genome of Adenovirus? | Baltimore group
- non enveloped - icosahedral - double stranded DNA - Baltimore group 1
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how is Adeno diagnosed?
electron microscopy
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other than GE, what can Adeno cause?
- resp and eye inf | serotypes 40&41 specialise in infecting cells in the intestine
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how does Adeno replicate
- enter cell - deliver its DNA into nucleus - make structural and non structural proteins LONG PROCESS (~2 days)
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what is defining about Adeno?
unlike the others, it is transmitted not by FOODBORNE, but by WATERBORNE
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who does Adeno mostly affect?
children <2 years
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what symptoms does Adeno cause?
WATERY diarrhoea

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