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Presence of Endoflagella
Spirochaetes
Axial filaments provide motility
Spirochaets
Spiral-shaped bacteria w/ flexible peptidoglycan cell wall
Spirochaets
Spirochaete with tight and equally spaced coils
Treponema
STD-causing spirochaete
T. pallidum
Syphilis
T. pallidum
Painless indurated ulcer (chancre) at inoculation site
T. pallidum
STD causing non-pruritic rashes over trunk and limbs palms and soles
T. pallidum
Condylomata lata (papular perineal and genital lesions)
T. pallidum
Formation of painful gummas in bones, skin, muscutaneous tissues or organs
T. pallidum
Venereal disease research laboratory
T. pallidum
Rapid Plasma Reagin test
T. pallidum
FTAB-ABS test
T. pallidum
TP-PA and TP-MHA tests
T. pallidum
Spirochaete leading to congenital infection
T. pallidum
Spirochaete causing skeletal abnormalities (osteochondritis, periostitis) in newborns
T. pallidum
Hutchinson Triad includes: Hutchinson Teeth, Intersitial Keratitis, and 8th Nerve Cranial Deafness
T. pallidum
Aortitis in late stage infection
T. pallidum
Rhinitis, peeling rash on hands and feet and periostitis are hallmarks of congenital infection in newborn
T. pallidum
Largest spirochaete with loosely, irregularly spaced coils
Borrelia
Spirochaetes stainable w/ Wright or Giemsa
Borrelia
Slow growth in BSK medium
Borrelia
Lyme's Disease
B. burgdorferi
Most common vector borne disease in the US
B. burgdorferi
Spirochaet transmitted by Ixodes tick
B. burgdorferi
Bull's eye rash
B. burgdorferi
Appearance of Erythema migrans rash few days after tick bite
B. burgdorferi
Tick borne disease which may cause meningitis, facial palsy and neurological abnormalities
B. burgdorferi
Sudden onset of arthritis intense joint inflammation weeks after tick bite
B. burgdorferi
Combine with tick proteins Ops A and OpsC during early infection to suppress T cell activation
B. burgdorferi
Louse borne relapsing fever
B. recurrentis
Relapsing Fever vector is body lice- Pediculus humanus var. corporis
B. recurrentis
Spirochetes present in hemolymph of lice and scratched into skin
B. recurrentis
Louse born infection with predisposing conditions that include crowding, poverty, and cold climate
B. recurrentis
Tick borne Relapsing Fever
B. hermsii
Relapsing Fever vector is soft bodied ticks- Ornithodoros species
B. hermsii
Relapsing Fever infection from tick bite while vacationing and hunting
B. hermsii
Spirochaete with tightly coiled spirals and hooked ends
Leptospira
Spirochaete transmission via infected animal urine in water (Dogs, livestock, rats)
L. interrogans
Weil's disease (impaired hepatic/renal function)
L. interrogans
Canicola fever
L. interrogans
Spirochete infection is occupation hazard of sewer workers, farmers, slaughterhouse workers, and military personnel
L. interrogans
Fletcher medium
L. interrogans
Spirochete can be found in urine first week of infection
L. interrogans
Naked SS linear DNA virus
Parvovirus
Viral genome is either (+) or (-) ssDNA
Parvovirus
smallest DNA virus
Parvovirus
5ths Disease
B19 Virus
Erythema infectiosum
B19 Virus
Slapped Cheek Rash
B19 Virus
DNA virus that causes a distinct facial rash in children but arthritis in adults
B19 Virus
Birus causing aplastic crisis in sickle cell patients
B19 Virus
Virus causing a lacy, reticulated, macular erythema rash on arms and body
B19 Virus
DNA virus causing Hydrops fetalis in newborns
B19 Virus
Naked DS linear DNA virus
Adenovirus
DNA virus that creates basophilic nuclear inclusions due to defective replication
Adenovirus
Naked DNA virus causing pharyngitis and pharyngoconjuctival fever
Adenovirus 1-7
DNA virus causing swimming pool conjuctivitis & epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
Adenovirus 1-7
DNA virus with high incidence of acute respiratory disease in military recruits
Adenovirus 1-7
DNA virus causing croup, laryngitis, and bronchiolitis
Adenovirus 1-7
DNA virus causing acute viral gastroenteritis
Adenovirus 40-42
form Koilocytes- enlarged keratinocytes with clear halos around atypical nuclei
Papillomavirus
Naked DS Circular DNA virus with oncogenic serotypes
Papillomavirus
Common and plantar warts
HPV 1-4
Flat and periungal warts
HPV 1-4
Causes cauliflower-like skin projections on the hands and feet that regress over time
HPV 1-4
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis
HPV 5-8
Causes 100s of scaly macules & papules in persons with genetic skin disorder
HPV 5-8
Benign anogenital warts
HPV 6,11
Benign head and neck tumors
HPV 6,11
Condylomata acuminata
HPV 6,11
Genital warts
HPV 16,18,31,45
Cause cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)
HPV 16,18,31,45
Oncogenic virus leading to cervical and penile carcinoma
HPV 16,18,31,45
Gardasil & Cervarix recombinant vaccines
HPV 16,18,31,45
Naked dsDNA circular virus (non oncogenic)
Polyomavirus
DNA virus causing severe UTI and kidney disease in immunocompromised
BK virus
Naked dsDNA circular virus establishing latent infection in the kidney
BK virus
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy PML
JC virus
Naked dsDNA circular virus that kills oligodendrocytes
JC virus
DNA virus that can cause demyelination and lesions in white matter of brain
JC virus
Largest and complex brick-shaped DNA virus
Poxvirus
Only DNA virus that replicates in host cytoplasm
Poxvirus
DNA virus carrying its own DNA dependent RNA polymerase
Poxvirus
Smallpox
Variola virus
Guarnieri bodies (cytoplasmic inclusion bodies)
Variola virus
Herald spots appear on the face with centrifugal spread involving the face, proximal extremities, trunk and then the distal extremities
Variola virus
Vesicular rash with simultaneous outbreak around body
Variola virus
Benign, pink, incushion-like skin tumors with nipple-like indentation
Molluscum contagiosum
DNA virus infected cells have large eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion bodies
Molluscum contagiosum
Enveloped linear dsDNA virus that replicates in nucleus
Herpesvirus
Cold sores
HSV-1
Latent in the trigeminal nerve ganglion
HSV-1
Gingivostomatitis (fever w/ painful oral vesicles or ulcers)
HSV-1
Virus responsible for most common cause of sporadic encephalitits
HSV-1
Causes herpetic whitlow and herpetic ulcers of the cornea or conjunctivae
HSV-1
Viral STD causing painful vesicular lesions in genital area
HSV-2
Latent in sacral nerve ganglia (S3/S4)
HSV-2
Causes herpetic whitlow and neonatal herpes infection
HSV-2
Latent infection in the dorsal root or cranial nerve ganglia
Varicella Zoster Virus VZV
Chickenpox
Varicella Zoster Virus VZV
Asynchronous dermal vesiculopustular rash across the entire body
Varicella Zoster Virus VZV
Shingles
Varicella Zoster Virus VZV
Cluster of painful vesicular lesions along a single sensory dermatome
Varicella Zoster Virus VZV
Postherpetic neuralgia
Varicella Zoster Virus VZV
Along with HSV, infection can be identified in Tzanck smears
Varicella Zoster Virus VZV
Along with HSV, cause Cowdry type A intranuclear inclusions
Varicella Zoster Virus VZV
Infectious mono (kissing disease)
Epstein Barr Virus EBV
Oncogenic virus associated with Burkitt's lymphoma
Epstein Barr Virus EBV
DNA virus associated with hairy oral leukoplakia in AIDS patients
Epstein Barr Virus EBV
DNA oncogenic virus associated with jaw and face lymphoma
Epstein Barr Virus EBV
Heterophile Ab (+) infectious mono
Epstein Barr Virus EBV
Heterophile Ab + virus that can lead to Guillain-Barre syndrome
Epstein Barr Virus EBV
Heterophile Ab (-) mono
Cytomegalovirus CMV
DNA virus that may cross placenta
Cytomegalovirus CMV
Viral disease early in neonates causes deafness and mental retardation
Cytomegalovirus CMV
Produces cells with large, purple intranuclear inclusion bodies surrounded by a halo "Owl's eyes"
Cytomegalovirus CMV
DNA virus responsible for kidney transplant failures
Cytomegalovirus CMV
Heterophile Ab (-)virus is a common trigger of Guillain-Barre syndrome
Cytomegalovirus CMV
linear dsDNA virus passed transplacentally from mother to fetus and most common cause of congenital infection in the US
Cytomegalovirus CMV
Exanthem subitum Roseola
Human Herpesvirus 6 & 7
HHV-6,7
DNA virus causing small rose-pink macules or papules
Human Herpesvirus 6 & 7
HHV-6,7
DNA virus associated with Kaposi's sarcoma
Human Herpesvirus 8 HHV-8
Enveloped ds circular DNA virus
Hepadnavirus
Only virus that replicates through a circular RNA intermediate
Hpadnavirus
Dane particle
HBV
Only DNA virus to encode a reverse transcriptase
HBV
DNA virus carrying its own RNA dependent DNA polymerase
HBV
Only DNA hepatitis virus
HBV
Virus causing 80% of primary hepatocellualr carcinoma
HBV
DNA virus causing classic icteric symptoms of liver damage
HBV
Smallest RNA virus
Picornavirus
Salk vaccine (killed)
Polio virus
Sabine vaccine (attenuated)
Polio virus
Virus infecting anterior horn cells of spinal cord
Polio virus
Naked (+) strand RNA that causes asymmetric flaccid paralysis
Polio virus
Naked (+) strand RNA virus that can cause severe disease involving the CN and the medullary respiratory center
Polio virus
Enterovirus causing acute hemorrhagic conjuctivitis (70)
Enteroviurs (68-71)
Enterovirus causing Hand, foot& Mouth disease
Enterovirus (71)
Picornavirus, aside from the Coxasackie, that causes CNS infection (viral meningitis)
Echovirus
Coxsackie virus causing acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis
Coxsackie A
Coxsackie virus causing Hand foot mouth disease with Herpangina
Coxsackie A
A Picornavirus associated w/pericarditis
Coxsackie B
Naked RNA virus causing myopericarditis and pleurodynia
Coxsackie B
Coxsackie virus causing aseptic meningitis
Coxsackie B
Major cause of the common cold
Rhinovirus
Common cold infection peaks in summer and early fall
Rhinovirus
Picornavirus member that is acid-labile and not spread through fecal/oral route
Rhinovirus
Designated "Infectious Hepatitis"
HAV
Unusually stable naked RNA virus resistant to detergents, acids (pH 1), solvents (ether, chloroform), drying, and salt water
HAV
Picorna virus causing necrosis of hepatocytes and jaundice
HAV
Picornavirus that infects hepatocytes and is acquired by eating contaminated food
HAV
Naked (+)RNA virus in Calicivirus
Norovirus
Norwalk Agent gastroenteritis
Norovirus
Viral gastroenteritis commonly associated with cruise ships and semi-closed communities (hospital, prisons)
Norovirus
Viral gastroenteritis with 1 day of illness (vomiting, diarrhea, low fever)
Norovirus
Designated Enteric Hepatitis
Hepevirus
Causes 50% of water-born hepatitis in developing world (India)
HEV
Hepatitis virus that is a common fecal oral virus in developing countries
HEV
Fecal oral transmitted hepatitis virus with high fatality rate in pregnant women
HEV
Naked ds linear RNA virus
Reovirus
Naked virus with double shelled capsids and 10-12 dsRNA
Reovirus
Contains 11 segments of dsRNA
Rotavirus
Major cause (50%) of acute viral gastroenteritis
Rotavirus
Major viral cause of infantile diarrhea worldwide
Rotavirus
Viral enterotoxin- nsP4
Rotavirus
Outer capsid of this RNA virus is cleaved in the GI tract to activate virus for infection
Rotavirus
Colorado Tick Fever
Coltivirus
Viral encephalitis caused by transmission via wood tick (Dermacentor)
Coltivirus
dsRNA virus that causes tick-borne fever and can remain in the blood for months
Coltivirus
Hepatitis-causing virus spread by mosquitoes in tropical S. America & Africa
Yellow Fever virus
Black vomit from GI hemorrhage via RNA virus transmitted by mosquito
Yellow Fever virus
Enveloped (+) RNA virus that causes fever, jaundice, renal failure, and black vomit
Yellow Fever virus
Most prevalent tropical fever virus with viral vector: Aedes mosquito in tropics
Dengue virus
Break-Bone fever
Dengue virus
Causes severe hemorrhagic fever in babies iwth maternal Ab against this virus or individuals w/ previous infection, who are infected with a 2nd viral serotype
Dengue virus
Enveloped (+) RNA virus causing fever with severe myalgia and arthralgia
Dengue virus
Designated "Post-transfusion Hepatitis"
HCV
Hepatitis spread seen in needle sharing or sexual transmission
HCV
Hepatitis w/ highest rate of chronicity
HCV
Chronic hepatitis leading to liver failure and cirrhosis
HCV
Mosquito born viral infection of birds, horses, and humans leading to encephalitis and death mainly in debilitated elderly persons
West Nile
A Flavivirus in the US that infects birds and humans and can cause encephalitis
West Nile
Viral Vector: Culex mosquito
St. Louis Encephalitis Virus
Mosquito born encephalitis causing virus endemic in Canada, US, Caribbean, and S. America with disease most severe in the elderly
St. Louis Encephalitis Virus
Rare cause of chronic hepatitis also transmitted via blood
HGV
RNA virus with surface glycoprotein spikes that force the envelope to wrap tightly
Togavirus
German measles
Rubella
Enveloped (+) strand RNA virus that can cross the placenta leading to congenital birth defects
Rubella
Respiratory virus that causes a 3 day rash that is lighter in color than measles rash
Rubella
Enveloped (+) strand RNA virus leading to improper development of fetus causing cataracts, mental retardation, and deafness
Rubella
Mosquito borne Togaviruses
Alphaviruses
Equine encephalitis viruses (WEE, EEE, VEE)
Alphaviruses
Dead-end host of these Togaviruses are horses
Alphaviruses
Normal hosts of these Togaviruses are birds
Alphaviruses
2nd disease stage of this enveloped (+) RNA virus presents with prolonged arthralgic disease affecting joints of extremities for weeks, months, years
Chikungunya Virus
RNA virus with prominent club-shaped surface glycoproteins making it resemble a crown
Coronavirus
The only enveloped (+) strand RNA virus that has a helical-shaped nucleocapsid
Coronavirus
2nd most common cause of the common cold
Corona Virus
Common cold infection appears in winter and spring (colder months)
Corona Virus
Common cold virus with greater nasal discharge
Corona Virus
Zoonotic Corona virus
SARS-Corona Virus
Helical-shaped enveloped (+) RNA virus leading to severe pneumonia
SARS-Corona Virus
Negative sense ss viruses w/ Fusion proteins that lead to multinucleated giant cells or syncytia
Paramyxovirus
Rubeola
Measles virus
Paramyxovirus with H and F glycoproteins
Measles virus
Koplik spots on buccal mucosa
Measles virus
Erythematous maculopapular rash that starts on face and moves down, becoming quite confluent
Measles virus
Subacute sclerosing (panencephalitis (SSPE)
Measles virus
Complications in T cell deficient children lead to bronchopneumonia with giant cells (Warthin-finkeldey cells)
Measles virus
Enveloped (-) RNA viral infection prodrome starts with fever and CCCP (cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, and photophobia)
Measles virus
Viremia leading to salivary gland enlargement and parotitis
Mumps
Viral complications in men include orchitis and aspetic meningitis
Mumps
Mostly pediatric viral illness causing croup (seal bark cough) and laryngitis
Parainfluenza virus
Enveloped (-) RNA virus causing laryngotracheobronchitis and subglottal swelling
Parainfluenza virus
Paramyxovirus that only has F glycoprotein
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Most important cause of lower respiratory tract illness in infants and young children
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Enveloped (-) strand RNA virus that causes bronchiolitis and expiratory wheezes due to necrosis of the bronchioles
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
2nd most common cause of lower respiratory tract infection in young children
Metapneumovirus
Causes bronchiolitis and pneumonia in slightly older children than RSV
Metapneumovirus
Rhabdovirus
Rabies
Bullet shaped virus
Rabies
Virus transmitted to humans by bat contact or dog bite
Rabies
Negri Bodies (Eosinohilic intracytoplasmic inclusions)
Rabies
Hydrophobia
Rabies
Virus grows in muscle and moves to CNS by axonal transport
Rabies
Birus grows in grey matter and causes, hydrohobia, seizures, and hallucinations
Rabies
Only viral disease that can be prevented by vaccination after virus acquisition
Rabies
Long helical thread-shaped filamentous RNA virus
Filovirus
Most severe of the hemorrhagic fevers
Filovirus
Hemorrhagic fever virus discovered in Zaire/Congo with outbreaks in Sudan
Ebola
Hemorrhagic fever virus first detected in Germany from exposure to African Green Monkey tissue
Marburg Virus
Rare Filovirus causing hemorrhagic fever in Zimbabwe and Kenya
Marburg Virus
Negative ssRNA virus causing or exacerbating neuropsychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia and autism
Borna Disease Virus (BDV)
8 ssRNA (-) virus
Orthomyxovirus
Influenza (Flu)
Orthomyxovirus
Surface proteins are Neurominidase (N) and Hemagglutinin (H)
Orthomyxovirus
M2 membrane protein
Influenza A Virus
Orthomyxovirus causing epidemics and pandemics infecting humans
Influenza A Virus
Genetic reassortment responsible for worldwide outbreaks
Influenza A Virus
H1N1
Influenza A Virus
New strains of the virus can be created in pigs from both human, pig, and bird strains
Influenza A Virus
Enveloped (-) multi-segmented RNA virus is a major cause of death in elderly from secondary bacterial lung infections
Influenza A Virus
Orthomyxovirus causing epidemics only and not pandemics
Influenza B Virus
Orthomyxovirus causing minor repiratory illnesses (no epidemics)
Influenza C Virus
RNA viruses with two (-) strands and one ambisense strand
Bunyavirus
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) directly from inhaled rodent feces
Hantavirus (Sin Nombre)
Deer Mouse-borne pulmonary hemorrhagic fever
Hantavirus (Sin Nombre)
Inhalation of aerosolized rodent secretions in USA causing interstitial pulmonary edema and death within days
Hantavirus (Sin Nombre)
N. America encephalitis in school-aged children spread by Aedes mosquitoes
California Encephalitis Virus
Viruses with "sandy" appearance due to ribosomes in virion
Arenavirus
Enveloped (-) strand RNA viruses containing one (-) RNA strand and one ambisense strand
Arenavirus
Virus causing aspetic meningitis (sometimes fatal) associated with hamsters and mice
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus
Enveloped (-) RNA virus infecting house mice and hamsters
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus
Lassa Fever (West Africa)
Junin Fever (Argentina)
Machupo Fever (Bolivia)
Hemorrhagic Fever Arenaviruses
Delta virus
HDV
ss circular (-) RNA virus that encodes just one protein
HDV
The genome of this (-) RNA virus also functions as a ribozyme
HDV
Defective viral parasite requiring Hep B surface Ag for replication
HDV
Superinfection leads to major cirrhosis and fulminant hepatitis
HDV
Diploid RNA
Retroviruses
Viruses with duplicate copies of (+) ssRNA
Retrovirus
Diploid virus carrying Reverse Transpriptase
Retrovirus
Enveloped RNA virus that encodes RNA dependent RNA polymerase
Retrovirus
Virus tat can cause Adult Acute T cell Lymphocytic Leukemia (ATLL)
HTLV-1
Virus associated with Hairy Cell Leukemia, a B cell disease
HTLV-2
AIDS
HIV
Virus that binds CXCR4 and CCR5 receptors on macrophages
HIV
Lentivirus with glycoprotein gp120 and transmembrane protein gp41
HIV
Major enveloped RNA virus that persistently infects macrophages and is cytolytic for T cells
HIV
Pol gene codes for protease, integrase, and reverse transcriptase
HIV
Env gene codes for surface glycoprotein gp120 & transmembrane protein gp41
HIV