Question | Answer |
â¢Very contagious puss filled pockets on the skin
â¢Could cause infection leading to kidney failure | Small Pox |
â¢Cold sores or fever blisters
â¢Latent in trigeminal nerve ganglia
â¢Transmission: respiratory or oral route | Herpes simplex I |
â¢Transmission: direct contact
â¢Common STD
â¢Virus Latent in sacral ganglia near spine
â¢C-section needed if sores present via birth | Herpes simplex II |
When Herpes Simplex I travels to the brain, (RARE) | Herpes simplex encephalitis |
â¢Common name, (chicken pox)
â¢Most communicable disease
â¢Vaccine available
â¢Dormant: thoracic nerve cell | Varicella |
â¢Common name, (Shingles)
⢠Must have chicken pox first
â¢Your own virus cannot get from anything but you | Zoster |
â¢Dormant in WBC
â¢Enlarges infected cells
â¢Secreted in saliva, urine, semen, and cervical secretions
â¢Have it for life | Cytomegalovirus |
â¢AKA- Mono
â¢Blood disease in the lymph nodes and spleen (B-cells)
â¢Young have mild symptoms
â¢Adults and teens get sever symptoms
â¢Transmission: sharing drinks, kissing | Epstein-Barr |
â¢RNA virus
â¢Fecal/oral route
â¢Self-limiting | Hepatitis A |
â¢DNA virus
â¢Minimal does for infections
â¢Viable on surfaces up to 7 days
â¢Multiplies in liver
â¢10% infected become carriers | Hepatitis B |
â¢RNA virus
â¢Silent before symptoms hit
â¢Liver cancer
â¢Treatment: Intron
â¢Recently new drugs: Harvoni-cure | Hepatitis C |
â¢Defective RNA virus
â¢Needs Hep B to replicate | Hepatitis D |
â¢Common cold
â¢Sever
â¢30 different strains
â¢Spread Via ocular & respiratory secretions
â¢AKA- eye infection | Adenovirus |
â¢35 strains causes general warts
â¢Vaccine
â¢Many treatments
â¢Most common STD in USA
â¢Strong link with cancer of reproductive tract | HPV |
â¢Symptoms: slap-face rash
â¢If pregnant causes fatal anemia in fetus | Parvovirus |