important human viruses and their properties
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| Variola | smallpox virus, produces systemic infection with characteristic vesicular rash affeacting face, arms and legs, has a high mortality rate | DNA Viruses
poxviruses
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| Vaccinia | derived from cowpox virus, immunize against smallpox | DNA Viruses
poxviruses
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| Adenovirus | cause URT infections, produce latent infections in tonsil and adenoids, produce tumors on inj into hamsters, rats or mice | DNA Viruses
adenoviruses
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| Herpes simplex virus (HSV1 and HSV2) | HSV1 infects oral membranes HSV2 is responsible for recurrent genital herpes | DNA Viruses
herpesviruses
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| Varicella zoster virus (VZV) | causes chickenpox in children, shingles in elderly | DNA Viruses
herpesviruses
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| Cytomegalovirus (CMV) | a subclinical infection, causes severe disease in immunocompromised patients, can induce serious congenital abnormalities in the fetus | DNA Viruses
herpesviruses
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| Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) | infection by salivary exchange, asmyptomatic, persists in latent form in lymphocytes, results glandular fever, malignant facial tumors (Burkitt's lymphoma) in children | DNA Viruses
herpesviruses
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| Hepatitis B virus (HBV) | infection in children by prenatal transmission, contaminated blood or sexual transmission, can progress liver cancer | DNA Viruses
hepatitis viruses
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| Papilloma virus | multiply in epithelial cells of skin and mucous membranes causing warts, associated with cervical carcinoma | DNA Viruses
papovaviruses
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| Mumps virus | swelling of parotid and submaxillary salivary glands, has neurological complications | RNA Viruses
paramyxoviruses
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| Measles virus | common childhood fever | RNA Viruses
paramyxoviruses
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| Rabies virus | has very wide host range, can cause fatal encephalitis | RNA Viruses
rhabdoviruses
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| Rotavirus | causes gastroenteritis, spread through poor water supplies and low general hygiene | RNA Viruses
reoviruses
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| Poliovirus | multiplies in lymphoid tissue of alimentary tract | RNA Viruses
picornaviruses
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| Rhinoviruses | common cold virus, shed in watery nasal secretions | RNA Viruses
picornaviruses
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| Hepatitis A virus (HAV) | responsible for infectious hepatitis, spread by oral-faecal route | RNA Viruses
picornaviruses
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| Rubella | causes german measles in children, can induce severe multiple congenital abnormalities | RNA Viruses
togaviruses
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| Yellow fever virus | spread by mosquito bites, with liver as main target, necrosis of hepatocytes leads to jaundice and fever | RNA Viruses
flaviviruses
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| Hepatitis C virus (HCV) | spread through blood transfusions and blood products | RNA Viruses
flaviviruses
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| Ebola virus | widespread in monkeys, spread through body fluids, results in hemorrhagic fever | RNA Viruses
filoviruses
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| Human T-cell leukaemia virus (HTLV-1) | spread in infected lymphocytes in blood, semen or breast milk | RNA Viruses
retroviruses
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| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | transmitted via blood or genital secretions, induces immunodeficiency | RNA Viruses
retroviruses
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| Hepatitis D virus (HDV) | exacerbates pathogenic effects of HBV producing severe hepatitis | RNA Viruses
hepatitis viruses
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| Influenza virus | capable of extensive antigenic variation, causes pandemics of influenza, multiplies in cells lining URT, symptoms caused by absorption of toxic breakdown products | RNA Viruses
myxoviruses
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