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What are viruses |
Non living organisms composed of nucleic acid and a protein coat |
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What is the study of viruses |
Virology |
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What did Wendell Stanley do |
Isolated tobacco mosaic |
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How small are viruses |
20-250 nanometers |
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What kinds of acids do viruses contain |
Nucleic, either RNA or DNA |
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4 structures viruses lack |
Nucleus Cytoplasm Organelles Cell membrane |
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What kind of cells do viruses reproduce in |
Living cells, they use the structures and compounds of the cell |
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Virol structure |
Nucleic acid, either RNA or DNA, and it can be twisted, loop, or strand Protein coat called capsid |
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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 |
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Examples of viroli with envelopes |
Influenza, chicken pox, herpes, H.I.V. |
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What is the outer projection of glycoprotein used for |
Attachment |
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What determines the Virol shape |
The nucleic acid or capsid |
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What is a deasahedron |
A shape with 20 triangular faces |
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3 examples of deasahedrons |
Herpes, chicken pox, and polio |
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What is a helix |
A spiral, coiled spring |
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3 viroli with helixes |
Rabies, measles, T.M.V. |
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What is grouping based on |
Capsid structure Envelope Type of nucleic acid |
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RNA viruses with reverse transcriptions used to make DNA |
Retroviruses |
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What are viroids and prions |
Smaller than viruses |
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Viroids |
The smallest know to replicate Composed of a single strand of RNA Known to damage crops like potatoes, cucumbers, avacadoes, and oranges |
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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. |
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Obligate intracellular parasites |
Viruses |
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Parasite |
Something that benefits itself from hurting another |
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Viruses that infect bacteria |
Bacteriophages |
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The lytic cycle |
Reproductive cycle Produces new viruses and destroys host cell Followed by virulent viruses Consists of 5 phases |
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Attachment |
Virus attaches to specific receptor site |
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Nucleic acid of virus enters host |
Entry |
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Replication |
Viral nucleic acid directs the synthesis of viral proteins |
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Viral particles are put together |
Assembly |
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Release |
Host cell disintegrates, called lysis, releasing new viruses |
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Lysogenic cycle |
Virus infects host without immediate destruction |
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What kind of virus lies dormant in a host for days, months, or years |
A temperate |
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Temperate bacteriophages integrate DNA with host DNA in the form of what |
A prophage |
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The prophage replicates with what |
Host DNA |
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Prophage becomes virulent at a later time by entering the what |
Lytic cycle |
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Viral RNA and reverse transcriptase are released into what |
Host cytoplasm |
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Reverse transcriptase produces what |
DNA |
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Viral DNA inserts into host DNA as what |
A provirus |
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When does the Lysogenic cycle end |
When a provirus transcribes to RNA then translates to viral proteins |
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Viruses thought to have evolved from what |
Early cells |
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3 transmission methods |
Direct contact, water, insect bites |
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5 organs affected by infectuous diseases |
Brain Liver Heart Lungs Skin |
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How is rabies transmitted |
Through animal saliva |
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What system does rabies effect |
The nervous system |
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Is rabies deadly |
Yes |
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Symptoms of rabies |
Fever Headache Paralysis Coma |
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Is chicken pox contagious |
Yes |
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Describe chicken pox's process, starting with multiplication |
Multiplies in lungs Moves to skin Develop immunity Shingles can persist as a provirus in adults |
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How are viruses prevented |
With vaccinations containing viruses or particles |
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Inactivated viruses |
Can not reproduce in host |
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Attenuated viruses |
Altered to not cause disease |
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What are booster shots used for |
To prolong protection |
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What percent of infected did smallpox kill, and what percent did it scar or blind |
40% killed, 60% scarred or blinded |
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How is smallpox transmitted |
By nasal droplets |
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Symptoms of smallpox |
Fever Headache Backache Rash |
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How was smallpox eradicated |
Through vaccination and quarantine |
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Years smallpox was active |
1967-1980 |
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3 examples of virus control in animals |
Mosquito control Pet vaccinations Wild vaccinations |
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What kind of agents can be used |
Antiviral |
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An antiviral agent used for herpes simplex and chicken pox |
Acyclovir |
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Antiviral agent that inhibits reverse transcriptase |
A.Z.T. |
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Protease inhibitors |
Interfere with capsid production |
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What kind of therapy is used to treat AIDS |
Combination therapy, using A.Z.T. and proteases |
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Where do unknown viruses exist |
In undeveloped areas |
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Examples of emerging viruses |
Ebola, hantavirus |
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Cancer genes may be triggered by what |
Lysogenic viruses |