Chap 15 - Viral Infections

Front 1

What are the chief cause of infections of the common cold?

Back 1

Rhinovirus

Front 2

What temperature does the common cold thrive in?

Back 2

33C (91.4F)

Front 3

T or F: There are more than 200 different virus strains that can cause the common cold

Back 3

TRUE

Front 4

This type of virus are the frequent causes of acute upper respiratory infections

Back 4

Andeoviruses

Front 5

Acute upper respiratory infections can cause these infections:

Back 5

1. Acute Febrile Pharyngitis

2. Pharyngoconjuntival fever

3. Acute Respiratory Disease (ARD) in military recruits

Front 6

This is a highly communicable acute respiratory infection

Back 6

Influenza

Front 7

Since 1510, there have been how many influenza pandemics?

Back 7

at least 31

Front 8

Name the two types of spikes of influenza

Back 8

Hemaggalutin (H) and

Neuraminidase (N)

Front 9

This type of influenza spike helps the virion attach and penetrate host cells.

Back 9

Hemagglutin (H)

Front 10

This type of influenza spike helps release virirons from the host cell after replication and assembly.

Back 10

Neuraminidase (N)

Front 11

This type of influenza strikes every year and causes most epidemics

Back 11

Influenza A

Front 12

This type of influenza also strikes every year, however, it is less common than type A

Back 12

Influenza B

Front 13

This type of influenza causes a mild respiratory illness bur not epidemics

Back 13

Influenza C

Front 14

Name two syndromes that are complications of influenza

Back 14

Guillain-Barre Syndrome (damages Nerves)

Reye Syndrome (from kids using aspirin)

Front 15

___ ___ involves small changes to the virus

Back 15

Antigenic drift

Front 16

____ ____ is abrupt, major changes to Influenza A virus, causing epidemics

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Antigenic Shift.

Front 17

____ ____ affect the lower respiratory tract

Back 17

Paramyxovirus infections

Front 18

Syncytia is what?

Back 18

Large grouping of cells due to virus infections.

Front 19

This disease is caused by the respiratory syncytial virus

Back 19

Respiratory Syncytial (RS) Disease

Front 20

Parainfluenza infections are usually caused by humans parainfluenza viruses __ & __.

Back 20

1 & 3

Front 21

SARS stands for what?

Back 21

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Front 22

SARS is known as an ____ ____ disease.

Back 22

Emerging Infectious Disease

Front 23

The reservoir for Hantavirus is what?

Back 23

Dear mouse

Front 24

HSV stands for what?

Back 24

Herpes Simplex Virus

Front 25

Cold Sores (upstairs) are contagious sores caused by the strand of HSV

Back 25

HSV-1

Front 26

T or F: Herpers is not latent or immuno-suppressent.

Back 26

False - Herpers is latent and immuno-suppressent.

Front 27

Where are do the herpes viruses go during latency?

Back 27

The Sensory ganglia

Front 28

When the herpes virus is reactivated where does it move to?

Back 28

The Epithelium

Front 29

"Downstairs" (Gential) herpes virus is caused by what form?

Back 29

HSV-2

Front 30

T or F: Antivirals cure Herpes

Back 30

False, they can shorten and decrease the number of outbreaks.

Front 31

The form of herpes causes an infection of the eye that can scare the cornea and cause blindness

Back 31

Herpes Keratitis

Front 32

This form of herpes transformed _____ from mother to child and is known as _____ ______.

Back 32

Neonatal herpes

Front 33

The "V" in Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) causes what?

Back 33

Chickenpox

Front 34

The "Z" in Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) causes what?

Back 34

Shingles

Front 35

The chickenpox vaccine came out in ____ and is called _____

Back 35

in 1995 / Varivax.

Front 36

T or F - Shingles is a childhood disease

Back 36

False - it is an adult disease and is usually present in people over 50

Front 37

_____ is a vaccination to prevent shingles

Back 37

Zostavax

Front 38

_____ ____ is the persistence of shingles pain for years after the blisters have disappeared.

Back 38

Postherpetic Neuralgia

Front 39

This infections is caused by Human Herpesvirus 6, occurs primary in infants, and is marked by high fever and red rash

Back 39

Roseola

Front 40

T or F: Many bone barrow transplant recipients suffer an HHV-6 viremia after transplantation

Back 40

True

Front 41

This is caused by HHV-8 forming dark or purple skin lesions. Commonly seen in AIDS patients

Back 41

Kaposi sarcoma

Front 42

This is a angiogenic tumor of the blood vessel walls

Back 42

Kaposi sarcoma