Epiodemology

Small Pox

Characteristics: DNA virus, Hourglass capsid

Tropism: Epithelial cells

Symptoms: Prodromal Stage- fever malaise

Eruptive Stage- picks filled with pus causing blisters to form on the skin

Transmission: skin flaking contaminated with the picks disease

Treatments: vaccinia virus

HSV1

Characteristics: DNA virus, enveloped

Tropism: trigeminal ganglia

Symptoms: cold sores

Transmission: face to face direct contact

Treatments: acyclovir

HSV2

Characteristics: DNA virus, enveloped

Tropism: sacral ganglia

Symptoms: genital herpes

Transmission:sexual contact

Treatments:acyclovir

Varicella Zoster

Characteristics: DNA virus, enveloped

Tropism: ganglia

Symptoms: chicken pox and shingles

Transmission: respiratory droplets

Treatments: acyclovir

Epstein Barr Virus

Characteristics: DNA virus enveloped

Tropism: Naive and Memory of B cells

Symptoms: infectious mononucleosis, kills a lot of B cells causing fatigue and pus formation on the tonsils

Transmission: saliva

HPV

Characteristics: DNA virus, naked

Tropism: epithelial cells

Symptoms:oncogenic, warts (HPV-18,16)

Transmission: fomites

Treatments: cauterization, freezing, laser

Measles

Characteristics: RNA virus, enveloped

Symptoms: systemic rashes, oral lesions, neonatal encephalitis and pneumonia

Transmission: respiratory droplets

Treatments: MMR vaccine

Mumps

Characteristics: RNA, enveloped

Symptoms: a systemic pain and swelling of the salivary glands

Transmission: respiratory droplets

Treatments:deafness and infertility

Rubella

Characteristics: RNA, enveloped

Symptoms: teratogenic, miscarriages, birth defects

Transmission: respiratory droplets

Treatments: MMR vaccine

Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Characteristics: RNA virus, enveloped

Tropism: respiratory epithelial cells

Symptoms: runny nose, low fever

Transmission: respiratory droplets

Treatments: monoclonal antibodies coat the syncytia from getting any larger

Coronavirus:SARS

Characteristics: RNA, enveloped

Tropism: ACE2 receptor on the upper respiratory and intestinal epithelial cells

Transmission: respiratory droplets, zoonosis

Treatments: ventilations and vaccines

Influenza

Characteristics: DNA, enveloped

Tropism: respiratory epithelial cells

Symptoms: coughing, fatigue

Transmission: zoonosis birds,

Treatments: annual vaccine