Medical Virology/viral diseases – Flashcards
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Unlock answers| What is the Common name and Agent for Rubeola measles? |
Common name: measles Agent: measles virus |
| What is the common name and agent for Rubella? |
Common name: german measles Agent: rubella virus |
| What is the common name and agent for Varicella? |
Common name: Chicken Pox Agent: Varicella-Zoster virus |
| What is the common name and agent for Herpes Zoster? |
Common name: Shingles Agent: Varicella-Zoster Virus
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| What is the common name and agent for Verruca? |
Common name: Warts Agent: Human Papillomavirus |
| What is the common name and agent for Hepes labialis? |
Common name: cold sores, fever blisters Agent: herpes simplex virus-1 |
| What is the common name and agent for rhinitis? |
common name: common cold agent: rhinovirus |
| What is the common name and agent for Influenza? |
common name: flu agent: influenza virus |
| What is the common name and agent for laryngotracheobronchitis? |
common name: croup agent: parainfluenza virus |
| What is the common name and agent for infantile diarrhea? |
common name: none agent: rotovirus |
| What is the common name and agent for viral gastroenteritis? |
common name: stomach flu agent: norovirus |
| What is the common name and agent for contagious parotitis |
common name: mumps agent: mumps virus |
| What is the common name and agent for infectious mononucleosis? |
common name: mono/kissing disease agent: epstein barr virus |
| What is the agent for AIDS? and what does AIDS stand for? |
agent: human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) aquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| What is the common name and agent for infectious hepatitis? |
common name: short incubation hepatitis agent: hepatitis A virus (HAV) |
| What is the common name and agent for serum hepatitis? |
common name: long incubation hepatitis agent: hepatitis B virus(HBV) |
| What is the common name and agent for Non-A, Non-B hepatitis? |
common name: post transfusion hepatitis agent: hepatitis C virus |
| What is the agent for cytomegalic inclusion disease? |
| cytomegalovirus(CMV) |
| What is the common name and agent of viral meningitis? |
common name: aseptic meningitis agent: enterovirus |
| What is the common name and agent for poliomyelitis? |
common name: polio agent: polio virus |
| What is the common name and agent of rabies? |
common name: hydrophobia agent: rabies virus |
| What are the different classes of encephalitis? |
Eastern equine encephalitis(EEE) Western equine encephalitis(WEE) Saint Louis encephalitis(SLE) Venezuelan equine encephalitis(VEE) California (La Crosse) encephalitis West nile virus |
| What is the agent for ebola? |
| Ebola virus |
| What is the common name and agent for Herpes Simplex virus? |
common name: genital herpes agent: herpes simples virus-2
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| What is the agent for genital warts? |
| Human papillomavirus(HPV) |
| What is stiff neck and headache associated with in viruses? |
| viral meningitis |
| What is the classification of protozoa? |
| eukaryotic unicellular |
| How many types of reproduction are there? |
asexual sexual |
How many stages are there in the life cycle of the protozoa? What are they? |
2 trophozite cyst |
| What is the trophozoite stage characterized by? |
| active, feeding forms of protozoa |
| What is the characteristic of the cyst stage? |
| dormant stage |
| How are protozoa grouped into classes? |
| based on their mechanism of locomotion |
| What class moves by pseudopodia? |
| class sarcodina |
| What disease does Entamoeba histolytica cause? |
| amebi dysentery |
| What disease does Naegleria fowlerii cause? |
| primary amebic meningoencephalitis(PAM) |
| What disease does Acanthamoeba cause? |
| amebic keratitis |
| What class moves by flagella |
| Mastigophora |
| What disease does Giardia lambia cause? |
| giardiasis |
| What disease does Trichomonas vaginalis cause? |
| trichomoniasis |
| What disease does Trypanosomes cause? |
| African sleeping sickness |
| What class moves by cilia |
| Ciliata |
| What class moves by nonmotile |
| Sporozoa |
| What disease does Plasmodium cause? |
| Malaria |
| What disease does Toxoplasma gondii cause? |
| toxoplasmosis |
| What disease does Cryptosporidium cause? |
| cryptosporodiosis |
| What are the mechanisms that enable parasites to resist host defenses |
encystation survival inside phagocytes antigenic variation |
| What is the branch of microbiology that studies fungi |
| Mycology |
| What are diseases caused by fungi called? |
| mycoses |
| What are the two types of fungi? |
| molds and yeasts |
| What grows as long branching filaments and what are the filaments called |
| molds that grow as hyphae |
| How do most yeast reproduce? |
| by budding |
| What type of fungi can grow as a yeast or mold |
| dimorphic fungi |
| What are dimorphic fungi growth dependent on? |
| environmental factors-->temperature |
| What are superficial mycoses caused by? |
| fungi called dermatophytes |
| what kind of tissues do mycoses infections have? |
| superficial keratinized tissue |
| What genera do the dermatophytes include? |
| Epidermophyton, Microsporum, Trichophyton |
| What organisms produce ringworms? |
| dermatophytes |
| What do subcutaneous infections result from? |
| traumatic implantation of certain fungi into subcutaneous tissue (splinters, thorns, insect bites) |
| What are the types of systemic infection? |
| histoplasmosis and coccidiodiomycoses |
| What are opportunistic infections caused by? |
| fungi that produce disease in individuals with weakened immune systems |
| What disease is caused by Candida albicans? |
| Candidiasis |
| What is oral candidiasis? |
| thrush |
| What does VVC stand for? |
| Vulvovaginal candidiasis |
| What is VVC? |
| yeast infection |
| What is caused by Cryptococcus neoformans |
| Crytococcosis |
| What does PCP stand for? |
| pneumocystis carinii pneumonia |
| What is ringworm of the scalp |
| Tinea capitis |
| What is ringworm of the feet and what is the common name? |
common name: athletes foot Tinea pedis |
| What is the organism of ringworm of the beard? |
| Tinea barbae |
| What organism is ringworm of the body |
| Tinea corporis |
| What organism is ringworm of the groin and what is the common name? |
common name: jock itch Tinea cruris |
| What organism is ringworm of the palm |
| Tinea manuum |
| What is ringworm of the nails? |
| Tinea unguium |
