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Viruses
Microbiology
Question | Answer |
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By inhalation | parainfluenza; Rhino |
By fomites | rhino |
by direct contact | rhino; norovirus (person to person); HSV (inc sexual); HPV (inc sexual); adenovirus |
4 serotypes | parainfluenza |
Croup | parainfluenza (serotypes 1-3) |
human resp tract | parainfluenza; RSV (localized) |
giant cells | RSV; measles |
upper/lower resp | human metapneumovirus; influenzaviruses |
seasonal incidence | parainfluenza; RSV |
bronchiolitis | RSV (<2 y.o.) |
100% kids >4 infected | RSV |
immunocompromised pts | human metapneumovirus |
exacerbates asthma | human metapneumovirus; coronavirus |
gives nonasthmatics asthmalike s/s | coronavirus |
cool replication temp | coronavirus; rhinovirus |
by aerosol/droplets | coronavirus; norovirus; HSV; adenovirus (resp); parvovirus |
exacerbates pulmonary dx | coronavirus |
rid in dev'd countries; prob in developing countries | measles; mumps |
one serotype | measles; mumps |
>100 serotypes (>40 infect humans) | adenovirus |
often asymptomatic | mumps; HSV (asymptomatic shedding) |
kids asymptomatic carriers (dx usu mild in kids) | HAV; HBV |
double stranded rotavirus; | HPV |
single stranded | noroviruses |
increased in fall & winter | rotavirus |
worldwide distn | parainfluenza, enteroviruses, rotavirus |
CNS complications | mumps |
most important cause of common cold | rhinovirus |
enveloped | paramyxoviruses, influenza viruses, HSV, HBV; coronavirus |
pleiomorphic virion | influenza viruses |
can lead to pneumonia | influenza viruses |
genetic reassortment | influenza viruses |
hemagglutin/neuraminidase | influenza viruses |
5 genera & >200 spp | picornaviruses |
resistant to detergent, acid, drying, extremes of temperature | enteroviruses |
strictly human pathogens | enteroviruses |
neonates at increased risk | enteroviruses |
varied tissue tropism | enteroviruses |
tissue tropism important factor | adenovirus; hep viruses (liver tropism) |
fecal/oral route | enteroviruses; noroviruses; coronaviruses; adenoviruses; Hep A&E |
increased in summer | enteroviruses |
in reovirus group | rotavirus |
capsid helps survive acidic environments | rotavirus |
50% hosp'd dehydratn/diarrhea cases in US | rotavirus |
>1 million peds deaths worldwide (0-2 yo highest risk) | rotavirus |
small & sim in size to picornavirus | noroviruses |
common cause of community/group outbreaks of gastroenteritis | noroviruses |
dx self limits in 48-72 hrs | noroviruses |
smallest of DNA viruses | parvovirus |
medium-sized virus | coronavirus |
have glycopro's = allow them to survive GI tract | coronavirus |
affects mostly infants/young kids | coronavirus (but affects all ages) |
SARS | coronavirus |
ubiquitous | HSV |
latent, persistent infections | HSV; HHV; adenoviruses |
vertical transmission | HSV |
roseola | assoc w/HHV 6&7 |
Kaposi sarcoma | assoc w/HHV 8 |
replicates in squamous epithelium of skin and mucous membranes | HPV |
capable of oncogenic transformation; dysplasia | HPV |
conjunctivitis | adenoviruses |
erythema infectiosum in kids | parvovirus |
migratory polyarthritis in adults | parvovirus |
aplastic crisis in pts w/chronic anemia | parvovirus |
clinical manifestations: cutaneous / mucosal / anogenital | HPV |
90% of anogenital warts caused by | HPV types 6 and 11 |
85% of cervical dysplasia caused by | HPV types 16 & 18 |
flavivirus heps | Hep C & G |
nonchronic heps | A&E |
high risk: immigrants from areas with high endemicity; IVDUs; homosexual males | HBV |
parenteral/sexual transmission | HBV |
>300,000 new cases per year | HBV |
chronic dx (___% of infected pts) assoc w inc risk liver ca | HBV (60-70%) |
1 cause of hepatocellular ca | HCV |
responds to interferon | HCV |
daycare centers | HAV |
replicates only in HBV-infected cells | HDV |
superinfection possible; often leads to fulminant hepatitis | HDV |
hep sim to norwalk | HEV |
can be letha to PG women/fetus | HEV |