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1
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Reovirus diseases

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  • Coltivirus - Colorado tick fever
  • Rotavirus - fatal diarrhea in children
2
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Picornavirus diseases

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PERCH

  • Poliovirus
  • Echovirus
  • Rhinovirus
  • Coxsackievirus
  • HAV
3
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Calicivirus disease

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Norovirus (viral gastroenteritis)

4
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Flavivirus diseases

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  • HCV
  • Yellow fever
  • Dengue
  • St. Louis encephalitis
  • West Nile virus
5
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Rubella

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Togavirus

6
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Retrovirus diseases

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  • HTLV - T-cell leukemia
  • HIV - AIDS
7
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“common cold” & SARS

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Coronavirus

8
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influenza virus

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Orthomyxovirus

9
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Paramyxovirus diseases

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PaRaMyxovirus

  • Parainfluenza - croup
  • RSV - bronchiolitis in babies (rivavirin)
  • Measles, Mumps
10
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rabies

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Rhabdovirus

11
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Ebola/Marburg hemorrhagic fever

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Filovirus

12
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Arenavirus diseases

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  • LCMV - lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
  • Lassa fever encephalitis
13
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Bunyavirus diseases

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  • California encephalitis
  • Sandfly/Rift Valley fevers
  • Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
  • Hantavirus
14
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_____is a “defective” virus that requires HBV co-infection.

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HDV

15
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Negative stranded viruses

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Always Bring Polymerase Or Fail Replication

  • Arenaviruses
  • Bunyaviruses
  • Paramyxoviruses
  • Orthomyxoviruses
  • Filoviruses
  • Rhabdoviruses
16
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segmented viruses

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BOAR

  • Bunyaviruses
  • Orthomyxoviruses
  • Arenaviruses
  • Reoviruses
17
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symptoms of yellow fever virus

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  • high fever
  • black vomitus
  • jaundice
18
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2 antigens of influenza virus

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  • Hemagglutinin - viral entry
  • Neuraminidase - progeny virion release
19
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  • causes pandemics
  • causes epidemics
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  • genetic shift/antigenic shifts
  • genetic drift
20
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rubella findings

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  • fever
  • postauricular & other lymphadenopathy
  • arthralgias
  • fine rash
21
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congenital rubella findings

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  • “blueberry muffin” appearance
  • indicative of extramedullary hematopoiesis
22
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measles findings

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  • Koplik spots
  • descending maculopapular rash
  • subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)
  • encephalitis
  • giant cell pneumonia
23
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3 C’s of measles

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  • Cough
  • Coryza
  • Conjunctivitis
24
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________ ____ used to prevent severe exfoliative dermatitis in malnourished children.

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Vitamin A

25
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Mumps virus symptoms

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POM

  • Parotitis
  • Orchitis (inflammation of testes)
  • Meningitis (aseptic)
26
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bullet shaped virus

Negri bodies

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Rabies virus

27
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progression of rabies

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  1. fever, malaise
  2. agitation, photophobia, hydrophobia
  3. paralysis, coma
  4. death