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1
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HSV1/2 Transmission

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Close contact (2- typically sexual)

2
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Varicella Zoster Virus VSV Transmission

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Contact or respiratory route

3
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Cytomegalovirus CMV transmission

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Contact blood transfusion, transplantaion, congenital

4
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General structures of herpesviridae

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dsDNA, icosahedral capsid - surrounded by glycoprotein rich envelope

5
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herpesviridae entry

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Attach/bind to surface protein (receptor) host cell - fusion of viral/host membrane

6
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herpesviridae Nuclear transport

A

Cellular microtubules

Genome enters through nuclear pores

7
Q

herpesviridae genes

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Immediate early gene
Early gene
Late gene

8
Q

IE genes code for:

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Expressed prior to protein syn (brought in)

9
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E genes code for:

A

DNA replication - vDNA pol, TK, helicase…

10
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L genes code for

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structural proteins - capside/glycoproteins