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What are viruses

Non living organisms composed of nucleic acid and a protein coat

What is the study of viruses

Virology

What did Wendell Stanley do

Isolated tobacco mosaic

How small are viruses

20-250 nanometers

What kinds of acids do viruses contain

Nucleic, either RNA or DNA

4 structures viruses lack

Nucleus


Cytoplasm


Organelles


Cell membrane

What kind of cells do viruses reproduce in

Living cells, they use the structures and compounds of the cell

Virol structure

Nucleic acid, either RNA or DNA, and it can be twisted, loop, or strand



Protein coat called capsid

What do some viroli have, and what is it made of

An outer membrane-like envelope made mostly of lipids taken from the host cell

Examples of viroli with envelopes

Influenza, chicken pox, herpes, H.I.V.

What is the outer projection of glycoprotein used for

Attachment

What determines the Virol shape

The nucleic acid or capsid

What is a deasahedron

A shape with 20 triangular faces

3 examples of deasahedrons

Herpes, chicken pox, and polio

What is a helix

A spiral, coiled spring

3 viroli with helixes

Rabies, measles, T.M.V.

What is grouping based on

Capsid structure


Envelope


Type of nucleic acid

RNA viruses with reverse transcriptions used to make DNA

Retroviruses

What are viroids and prions

Smaller than viruses

Viroids

The smallest know to replicate



Composed of a single strand of RNA



Known to damage crops like potatoes, cucumbers, avacadoes, and oranges

Prions

Abnormal proteins



Clump inside cells



Composed of about 250 amino acids



Disrupting molecular traffic, kills cells



Examples scrapies, B.S.E., C.J.D., and C.W.D.

Obligate intracellular parasites

Viruses

Parasite

Something that benefits itself from hurting another

Viruses that infect bacteria

Bacteriophages

The lytic cycle

Reproductive cycle



Produces new viruses and destroys host cell



Followed by virulent viruses



Consists of 5 phases

Attachment

Virus attaches to specific receptor site

Nucleic acid of virus enters host

Entry

Replication

Viral nucleic acid directs the synthesis of viral proteins

Viral particles are put together

Assembly

Release

Host cell disintegrates, called lysis, releasing new viruses

Lysogenic cycle

Virus infects host without immediate destruction

What kind of virus lies dormant in a host for days, months, or years

A temperate

Temperate bacteriophages integrate DNA with host DNA in the form of what

A prophage

The prophage replicates with what

Host DNA

Prophage becomes virulent at a later time by entering the what

Lytic cycle

Viral RNA and reverse transcriptase are released into what

Host cytoplasm

Reverse transcriptase produces what

DNA

Viral DNA inserts into host DNA as what

A provirus

When does the Lysogenic cycle end

When a provirus transcribes to RNA then translates to viral proteins

Viruses thought to have evolved from what

Early cells

3 transmission methods

Direct contact, water, insect bites

5 organs affected by infectuous diseases

Brain


Liver


Heart


Lungs


Skin

How is rabies transmitted

Through animal saliva

What system does rabies effect

The nervous system

Is rabies deadly

Yes

Symptoms of rabies

Fever


Headache


Paralysis


Coma

Is chicken pox contagious

Yes

Describe chicken pox's process, starting with multiplication

Multiplies in lungs


Moves to skin


Develop immunity


Shingles can persist as a provirus in adults

How are viruses prevented

With vaccinations containing viruses or particles

Inactivated viruses

Can not reproduce in host

Attenuated viruses

Altered to not cause disease

What are booster shots used for

To prolong protection

What percent of infected did smallpox kill, and what percent did it scar or blind

40% killed, 60% scarred or blinded

How is smallpox transmitted

By nasal droplets

Symptoms of smallpox

Fever


Headache


Backache


Rash

How was smallpox eradicated

Through vaccination and quarantine

Years smallpox was active

1967-1980

3 examples of virus control in animals

Mosquito control


Pet vaccinations


Wild vaccinations

What kind of agents can be used

Antiviral

An antiviral agent used for herpes simplex and chicken pox

Acyclovir

Antiviral agent that inhibits reverse transcriptase

A.Z.T.

Protease inhibitors

Interfere with capsid production

What kind of therapy is used to treat AIDS

Combination therapy, using A.Z.T. and proteases

Where do unknown viruses exist

In undeveloped areas

Examples of emerging viruses

Ebola, hantavirus

Cancer genes may be triggered by what

Lysogenic viruses