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which diagnosis test are most specific and sensitive?
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ELISA, PCR/RT-PCR
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Which immunization method is used as a short term protection?
Which immunization method is used as a long term protection? |
Passive
Active by herd immunity |
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to who live attenuated vaccine can not be given to?
Why? To which age of infancy is it recommended? |
Pregnant women, allergic patients
Immunocompromised patients will develop the actual disease because of lack of resistance infants more than 12 mo |
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T or F
there r no viral toxoid vaccine |
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which type of vaccine can be given to AIDS patients? To infants less than 6 mo?
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Inactivated vaccine
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What is the DOC for resistance to acyclovir/ganciclovir?
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Foscarnet
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Why is monotherapy not an option for retrovirus?
What is used instead? what is it? |
bcoz of emergence of resistance
Standard of care regimen, it's a combination of 1 or 2 protease inh with 1 or 2 nucleoside RT inh |
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What is the most important host defense against Adenovirus?
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CMI: cell mediated immunity
most effective in removing virus-infected cells |
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What is the most common cause of conjunctivitis?
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adenovirus infection
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What is the most common cause of sporadic lethal encephalitis?
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Herpes encephalitis
affect at least 1 in 500,000 individuals per year |
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what does the Tzanck Smear use for?
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look at damage made by virus on epidermal multinucleated cells
(not to look for virus) |
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What is the most common cause of blindness in the US?
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blindness due to herpes
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What is the most prescribed anti HSV drug?
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Acyclovir
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which one has the smallest genome in the herpes virus?
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Varicella Zoster Virus
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Shingles or Zoster refers to ...
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Herpes
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what is the name of the chronic pain syndrome following a Zoster?
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Postherpetic neuralgia
mostly to elderly |
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which r the largest, most complex , DNA viruses, which replicate in cytoplasm?
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Poxviruses
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The only virus with DNA that replicates in cytoplasm?
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Poxviruses
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what is the first disease to be controlled by immunization and the first to be eradicated?
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Small Pox
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The first disease to be eradicated?
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Small Pox
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Which disease is the most deadly rash associated to?
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Measles
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What are the 5 childhood exanthems?
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Measles (rubeola)
rubella (German measles) roseola (exanthema subitum) fifth disease (Erythema infectiosum) chickenpox |
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Prior to 1960, most children were affected by which disease?
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Measles
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What r the 3 C's & P?
Seen where? |
Cough, coryza(inflam. of nasal membrane), conjunctivitis, photophobia
Seen in Measles |
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what is the most common cause of blindness among African kids?
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Measles
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What does seronegative mean?
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Do not have the antibody to fight
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What is the most prevalent viral cause of sexually transmitted disease in the US?
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HPV: Human Papillomavirus
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What is the most common prion disease?
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Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Mad Cow Disease |
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What r arboviruses?
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viruses from arthropod, Zoonoses
(ex: mosquitoes) |
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.... is one of the most serious mosquito borne disease in the US. |
Eastern Equine Encephalitis: EEE
33% mortality and significant brain damage in most survivors |
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what is the largest # of case of viral encephalitis in US?
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WNE
West Nile Encephalitis From the break through in 1999, almost 30,000 cases |
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What is PEP?
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Postexposure Prophylaxis
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who is the only survival of rabies infection?
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Jeanna Giesse
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What is another name for kissing disease?
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mono disease
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T or F
All herpes virus r not latent. |
F
all r latent |
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Ampicillin & amoxcicillin inducing rash is seen in which disease?
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Epstein Barr virus
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Which virus is the the first one found to contain micro RNAs (miRNAs)?
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EBV
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which virus has the largest genome of the human herpes virus?
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CMV
Cytomegalovirus |
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which is the most prevalent viral cause of congenital infection?
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CMV
Cytomegalovirus |
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50% of adults in the US have...
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CMV
Cytomegalovirus |
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Which 2 virus cause mono?
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CMV
Cytomegalovirus & EBV |
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Owl's eye is a sign of which virus?
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CMV
Cytomegalovirus |
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When negative for hepatitis A, B, C, D & E, but has hepatitis,, it a sign of ...
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CMV
Cytomegalovirus |
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Which 2 diseases include Guillain Barr Syndrome?
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CMV
Cytomegalovirus & EBV |
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what is the first virus associated w mosquito disease?
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Yellow fever virus
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what is the first flavivirus w an effective vaccine?
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Yellow fever virus
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... is the most virulent HIV, comes from chimpanze
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HIV-1
or LAV: lymphadenopathy-associated virus |
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... is the cause of the majority of HIV infections in the world?
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HIV-1
also called LAV: Lymphadenopathy-associated virus |
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Where is HIV -2 is mostly found?
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West Africa
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T or F
Chickenpox is from Poxviruses. |
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from Varicella Zoster it's herpes |
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Koplik's spots r associated w...
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Measles
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What is the disease associated w the use of salicylate-containing medications during a viral infection?
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Reye' s Syndrome
No Aspirin |
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Zebra protein is associated w...
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EBV
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What is the most important cause of common cold?
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rhinovirus
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Which virus has the longest +RNA genome?
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Coronaviruses
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... Is the 2nd most prevalent cause of the common cold?
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Coronaviruses
Causes SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
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Diff between Antigenic SHIFT & Antigenic DRIFT
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SHIFT: MAJOR CHANGES
DRIFT: MINOR CHANGES |
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what is responsible for the most common agent of infant diarrhea?
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Rotavirus
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The most common cause of death in children > than 5 y/o in the developping world is...
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Rotavirus
is the most common cause of severe diarrhea among infants and young children By the age of five, nearly every child in the world has been infected with rotavirus at least once |
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Which virus is responsible for the most important non bacterial cause of acute gastroenteritis for all ages worldwide?
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Noroviruses
21 million cases of acute gastroenteritis each year are due to norovirus infection and more than 50% of all foodborne disease outbreaks can be attributed to noroviruses. |
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what is the most common cause of acute hepatitis?
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HAV
Hepatitis A virus |
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What is the most common cause of chronic hepatitis?
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HCV
Hepatitis C virus |
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Which hepatitis r acute?
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Hep A & E
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What r the infectious viral diseases affecting SKIN & EYES?
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Adenoviruses, HSV, VZV, Pox virus, Measles virus, Rubella virus,HHV 6&7, HPV
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What r the infectious viral diseases affecting nervous sytem?
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Rabies virus, Prions, Arboviruses, Herpes Simplex virus 1&2, Measles virus, Poliovirus, JC virus
causes Encephalitis r: Human Herpes Viruses 6&7, Varicella Zoster virus, adenovirus |
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What r the infectious viral diseases affecting the cardiovascular & lymphatic Systems?
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HIV, Eiptein Barr virus, HTLV-I & II Cytomegalovirus, hemorragic fever viruses(yellow fever, Dengue fever, Ebola, Marburg, Lassa fever)
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What r the infectious viral diseases affecting the respiratory system?
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Rhinovirus, Coronavirus, Respiratory Syncytial virus, Influenza A & B viruses
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What r the infectious viral diseases affecting the gastrointestinal system?
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Rotavirus, Norovirus, Mumps virus & Hepatitis viruses
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a)Human HerpesVirus 4 is also know as
b)Human HerpesVirus 5 is also know as c)Human HerpesVirus 3 is also know as |
a)Epstein Barr virus
b) Cytomegalovirus c)Varicella Zoster virus, (causes Chickenpox: disease) |
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which virus is it most likely to be?
+ss RNA, diploid, linear |
HIV
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a)Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is the disease from which virus?
b)Fifth disease is the disease from which virus? c) Smallpox is the disease from which virus? d) Warts is the disease from which virus? |
a)Measles virus
b)Human B19 virus c) V ariola virus (poxvirus) d) Human papillomas virus |
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Which 2 viruses give Roseola?
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HHV 6&7
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What happen when a virus is latent?
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not multiplying (drug do not affect it)
no shedding no transmission |
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virus can be transmitted even when asymptomatic. |
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