Rna Viruses

Front 1

How many RNA viruses are there?

Back 1

19 (some are categories)

Front 2

What are the first ten of the 19 RNA viruses?

Back 2

1. Influenza
2. Parainfluenza
3. Human Metapneumovirus
4. Measles
5. Mumps
6. Nipah/Hendra
7. Respiratory Syncytial Virus 8. Rabies
9. Coronaviruses
10.Rubella

Front 3

What are the last 9?

Back 3

11. Arbovirus
12. Retroviruses
13. Rhinovirus
14. Enteroviruses
15. Hepatitis
16. Norovirus
17. Rotavirus
18. Hantavirus
19. Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses

Front 4

What are 2 Influenza viruses types, which is worse?

Back 4

A and B; A is worse.

Front 5

When is the peak flu season? When should you get a shot?

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Peak = november/december
Get a shot in fall.

Front 6

-What causes normal changes in influenza virus from year to yr?

-What causes flu pandemics?

Back 6

Antigen drift


Antigen shift

Front 7

What 4 symptoms does Parainfluenza virus cause?

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1. Croup (primarily)
2. Colds
3. Bronchitis
4. Pneumonia

Front 8

What 2 symptoms does Human Metapneumovirus cause?

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1. Croup
2. Pneumonia

Front 9

What's Mumps and another name for it?

Back 9

A Childhood disease - inflammtn of the parotid gland.
-Aka, Parotitis.

Front 10

What is Rubeola?

Back 10

MEASLES - aka red measles

Front 11

What was the main reason for developing the Mumps vaccine?

Back 11

Males in post-puberty get ortitis (inflam testicles) and become sterile.

Front 12

What are 3 symptoms seen in Measles?

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1. Koplik's blu-white oral spots
2. Maculopapillar rash
3. Fever/sick for 7 days

Front 13

What was the main reason for developing the measles vaccine?

Back 13

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis - seen in 1 of
1 million cases, develops 4-17 yrs after infection.

Front 14

Where is the Nipah virus found?
-How is it contracted?
-What is its main symptom?

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Southeast Asia
-From pigs
-Encephalitis

Front 15

Where is the Hendra virus found?
-How is it contracted?
-What is its main symptom?

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Australia
-Flying fox bats, then horses.
-Severe respiratory illness.

Front 16

What is RSV? What does it cause?

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Respiratory Synctial virus - the major cuase of lower respiratory tract infections in 1-5 yr olds!
-VERY COMMON

Front 17

What are 2 symptoms from RSV?

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-Bronchiolitis
-Pneumonia

Front 18

What season does RSV pop up in?

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Winter

Front 19

What are 4 symptoms of Rabies virus?

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1. Acute encephalmyelitis
2. Convulsions
3. Hydrophobia
4. Negri bodies in brain cells

Front 20

What 2 diseases do Coronaviruses cause?

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1. Common cold
2. Severe Acute Resp. Synd SARS

Front 21

What animal did SARS originate from? What is especially bad about the disease?

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-Civet cat
-Can transmit person-to-person.

Front 22

What virus causes German measles?

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Rubella

Front 23

For what reason was a Rubella vaccine developed?

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Congenital rubella - very harmful effects on developing fetus.

Front 24

What 3 abnormalities are seen in congenital rubella?

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1. Cataracts
2. Deafness
3. Microencephaly

Front 25

What are Arboviruses according to their name? What transmits them?

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ARthropod BOrne viruses - by mosquitos mostly.

Front 26

What 2 types of diseases do Arboviruses cause?

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1. Encephalitis
2. Hemorrhagic fevers

Front 27

What are the 7 Encephalitic Arboviruses?

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1. Colorado tick fever
2. Western equine encephalitis
3. Eastern equine encephalitis
4. CA encephalitis
5. St. Louis enceph
6. LaCrosse enceph
7. West Nile Virus WNV

Front 28

Which Arbovirus is the most concerning?

Back 28

St. Louis

Front 29

What did WNV originate from?

Back 29

Birds

Front 30

What are the 2 Hemorrhagic Arboviruses?

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1. Yellow fever (stopped the panama canal from being built)
2. Dengue fever

Front 31

With what 2 Retroviruses are we mostly concerned?

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1. HIV
2. Human Tcell Leukemia Virus

Front 32

what 3 infns does HTLV-1 cause?

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1. Adult Tcell leukemia
2. Lymphosarcoma
3. Tropical Spastic Paraparesis

Front 33

What does HTLV-2 cause?

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Hairy cell leukemia

Front 34

What does Rhinovirus cause?

Back 34

The common cold

Front 35

Why are the enteroviruses called that?

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They ENTER through the intestine; but they are not intestinal symptomologies.

Front 36

What are the 4 Enteroviruses?

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1. Polio virus
2. Coxsackie virus
3. Echovirus
4. Hepatitis A

Front 37

What does Coxsackie virus cause?

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Hand-foot-mouth disease

Front 38

What does ECHO stand for?

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Enteric Cytopathogenic Human Orphan

Front 39

Which hepatitis viruses are RNA?
Which are DNA?

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RNA: C-A-D-E

DNA: B

Front 40

What virus caused an outbreak of gastroenteritis on cruise ships in 2002?

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Norovirus (Norwalk agent)

Front 41

What is the most common cause of pediatric diarrhea in the US?

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Rotavirus

Front 42

What carries the Hantavirus? How is it transmitted to humans?

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Deer mouse carries it; sheds the hantavirus in droppings; they dry, aerate, humans breathe.

Front 43

What are the 3 Hemorrhagic fever viruses?

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1. Ebola
2. Lassa
3. Marburg

Front 44

Why are the hemorrhagic fever viruses so concerning?

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They are VERY infectious by blood from intestines, eyes, or anything.

Front 45

Which hemorrhagic virus currently is undergoing an outbreak, where?

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Marburg virus in Angola - has close to 100% mortality rate!