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23 Cards in this Set
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What are the five live vaccines?
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Sabin
Yellow fever Small pox VZV MMR |
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What live-attenuated vaccine is the only one you can give to HIV patients?
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MMR
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All DNA viruses are dsDNA except which one?
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Parvovirus
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All RNA viruses are ssRNA except which one?
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Reovirus
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Which virus is the most common cause of sporadic encephalitis in the U.S. and where does it specifically happen?
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Herpes virus (HSV 1)
Temporal lobe encephalitis |
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What is the name for a secondary Varicella infection and where does it normally hide?
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Zoster or Shingles
Normally resides in DRG ganglion |
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What type of Herpes viruse is a risk for Burkitt's lymphoma and what is the test to confirm infection?
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Ebstein-Barr virus
Monospot test. (heterophilic antibody) |
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Cells infected with HSV have what characteristic inclusion in them?
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Intranuclear Cowdry A inclusions
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What is the most common cause of febrile seizures in children?
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HHV-6 (Roseola)
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What does CMV cause in HIV/AIDS patients?
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Pneumonia and esophagitis
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What is the #1 cause of fatal diarrhea in children?
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Rotavirus
-During winters -Villous atrophy leads to decreased absorption of Na+ and water |
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What does Polio seem to attack in the CNS?
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Anterior horns
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What virus is responsible for high fevers, black vomitus, and jaundice?
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Yellow fever
-see councilman bodies in the liver |
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Which virus is associated with SSPE?
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Measles (Rubeola)
Cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, Koplick spots. Rash from head to toe |
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What are the three symptoms of Mumps?
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Parotitis
Orchitis Meningitis |
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What do you use to treat Hep C infections?
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IFN-alpha
Ribavirin |
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What tumor marker could you test for in Hep C patients?
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alpha-fetoprotein
hepatocellular carcinoma can occur in these patients |
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What does HBV and HCV predispose a patient to?
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Chronic active hepatitis
Cirrhosis Hepatocellular carcinoma |
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What are the two important envelope proteins for HIV?
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gp120
gp41 |
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What does the HIV virus bind to on T-cells?
What does it bind to on macrophages? |
CXCR4 and CD4 on T-cells
CCR5 and CD4 on macrophages note "macrophage-tropic" viruse are usually more prevalent in the beginning of infection. |
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During what phase in an HIV infection does the virus replicate in the lymph node?
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During the latent phase.
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Which neoplasm is associated with HIV?
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Kaposi's sarcoma HHV 8
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What is the conversion in prion diseases?
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Conversion of normal cellular protein (prion) to a beta-pleated form, which is transmissible. The pleated sheets allow for more to be formed causing spongiform encephalopathy and dementia, ataxia, and death.
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