Viruses 1
What virus causes Chicken pox and shingles
Varicella-zoster virus
Flavivirus causes what (big 3)
Dengue virus, West Nile virus, and Zika virus
What virus affects brain gray matter
Rhabdovirus (Rabies)
What is smooth and creamy
Yeast
What is R0
The average number of people an infected person can transmit a disease to
What does Hepatits D need
Hepatitis B
What are the drug targets in HIV viral replication
Nucleoside/Nucleotide analogs, Integrase inhibitors, and Protease inhibitors
How many segments of RNA are in the Influenza virus
8
What causes more infections yeast or mold
Yeast
What companies make the 3 US approved COVID-19 vaccines and what type of vaccine are they
Moderna - mRNA
Pfizer - mRNA
Novavax(EUA) - protein subunit
What virus has large infected cells and multinucleated
Human Cytomegalovirus
What virus is this:
RNA (+) single stranded, nonenveloped icosahedral
Acid stable and transmitted through fecal oral route
Clinical significance - CNS-flaccid paralysis
Enteroviruses (Polio FDR had this)
What are the two types of Bunyaviruses and how are they transmitted
Bunyaviruses are vector bone and Hantavirus inhalation of rodent droppings
What are the two mold opportunistic pathogens
Aspergillus sp and Mucor sp
What is Humoral immunity and cellular immunity
Humoral immunity: antibodies generated by B cells and they neutralize antibodies.
Cellular immunity: Cell mediated immunity to eliminate intracellular pathogens
What are the two latencies in HSV (1 and 2)
HSV-1: Trigeminal ganglia
HSV-2: Lumbar or Sacral ganglia
What virus has more than 100 serotypes and can be spread by respiratory droplets and hand to hand contact
Rhinovirus
What are the three Paramyxoviridae viruses
Rubulavirus, Morbillivirus, and Pneumovirus
What are the two subtypes of Dermatophytes
Trycophyton sp and Microsporum sp
What are all the types of vaccines
Live attenuated - weakened virus
Inactivated virus - killed virus
Subunit/recombinant/conjugate - specific pieces of the pathogen
Viral vector - modified version of a different virus
Toxoid - inactivated toxin
mRNA - delivered in a lipid nanoparticle to express specific proteins
What are the concentrations of HB in acute and Chronic
Acute: high anti-HBsAg and anti-HBcAg
Chronic: high HBsAg with no detectable anti-HBsAg
What virus causes acute arthropathy and is transmitted thorugh arthropods
Alphavirus
What vaccine contains the previous years predominant strains
Influenza virus
What fungi causes valley fever and what causes rose garderners disease
Valley fever: Coccidioides immitis
Rose gardeners disease: Sporothrix schenckii
What are the benefits of vaccination
Prevent disease
Reduction in disease severity
Prevent transmission
Prevent mortality
Prevent sequalae or chronic disease
Herd immunity