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What are zoonotic viruses

viruses that have jumped species barriers

what is SARS

severe acute respiratory syndrome

viral genomes are enclosed within

capsids (coat proteins)

What are cytopathic viruses?

lyse host cells by inducing apoptosis or autophagy

What are latent viruses

viruses that can infect cells without producing infectious virions until immunity wanes or until reactivated by various physiological signals

Example of a latent virus

herpes

example of a cytopathic virus

poliovirus


influenza

what are non cytopathic viruses

replicate without destruction of cells

example of non cytopathic virus

hepatitis B

Example of intestinal virus and how it enters

poliovirus enter via antigen sampling M cells

example of respiratory virus and how it enters

influenza and rhinoviruses establish infection in the epithelial cells of the airways

viruses that require insect vectors

dengue


hepatitis B

example of bloodbourne virus and how it enters

HIV and hepatitis B invade through mucosa or epithelia following physical trauma

Example of virus that displays tissue tropism

HIV

major innate immunity is mediated via

type 1 interferons, complement and NK cells

what are type 1 interferons

groups of proteins that induce host cell enzymes that affect transcription and translation of viral genes

appearance of virus is followed rapidly by a massive expansion of virus specific

CD8 T cells and to a lesser extent CD4

after infection with cytolytic viruses what is produced

neutrilising antibodies

The C1q/r/s complex is a

pentraxin that couples antibody binding to the classical pathway of complement.

What is the low affinity lgG Fc receptor, expressed on circulating neutrophils, natural killer (NK) cells, and tissue macrophages

FCgammaRIII

What does AIDS stand for

Accquired immune deficiency syndrome

AIDS is caused by

HIV

what does HIV stand for

human immunodeficiency virus

AIDS was originally known as

GRID

What does PCP stand for

pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

The vast majority of human AIDS infections is caused by

HIV-1

What is PCP?

a form of pneumonia, caused by yeast like fungus pneumocystis jirovecii

PCP is normally seen in people who

are undergoing chemotherapy,, or have HIV/AIDS or are using medications that affect the immune system

HIV-1 originated from

a simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVcpz)


- retrovirus infects non human parasites

SIVcpz was introduced into humans via

bushmeat - subsequent mutations into HIV

The docking glycoprotein of HIV is known as

gp 120

The transmembrane glycoprotein of HIV is known as

gp41

HIV-1 can cross mucosal surfaces via

M cells or binding to galactosylceramide and CCR5 (via gp120)

In the vagina HIV gains access via

langerhans cells

How does HIV transport to the lymph nodes

C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) on dendritic cells bind high mannose N linked oligosaccharides on gp120

Once in lymph nodes what does HIV do

re-exposed to the surface and displayed to T cells

The site of replication for HIV is

the small intestine

gp120 binding to a receptor leads to

a conformational change in gp120 that exposes gp41

what are the 3 classes of influenza viruses

A, B and C

which classes of influenza are majr causes of human disease

A and B

which classes of influenza are responsible for pandemic outbreaks

A

Influenza A is covered with 2 spike like glycoproteins known as

Trimeric hemagglutinin (HA)


Tetrameric neuraminidase (NA)

What does Tetrameric neuraminidase (NA) do

cleaves sialic acid and promotes viral release from cells

Influenza subtypes in birds are what

HA (H1-H15)


NA (N1-N9)

Human infections are limited to viruses that express what subtypes

H1,H2,H3


N1,N2,N8

The spanish flu was caused by

a Influenza A strain of H1N1

What is hypercytokinemia

a systemic expression of a healthy vigorous immune system

hypercytokinemia is caused by

release of >150 inflammatory mediators

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses are expressing which subsets

H5, H7 or H9

Ebola infects

endothelial cells of blood vessels, monocytes, macrophages dendritic and liver cells

GP encodes

Ebola virus glycoprotein

What are the two forms of GP

Trimeric trans membrane complex


soluble dimeric form (sGP)

What does soluble dimeric form (sGP) do

secreted after infection - prevents neutrophil activation

What does Trimerictrans-membrane complex do

targets virus to cells via receptor binding - allows virus to introduce its contents into macrophages leading to inflammatory cytokine dystregulation