Medically Relevant Viruses & Fungi

These flashcards cover important concepts related to medically relevant viruses and fungi, their structures, classifications, and epidemiology, as discussed in the lecture.

Viruses are considered __ because they are obligate intracellular parasites.

Biological entities

The outer lipid membrane of a virus is called the __.

Envelope

Viruses can be classified based on their genome as or .

double stranded, single stranded

The virus family that includes smallpox is __.

Poxviridae

The virus responsible for hepatitis B is part of the __ family.

Hepadnaviridae

Coccidioides immitis is responsible for causing __.

Coccidiomycosis

Common symptoms of Histoplasmosis include fever, cough, and __.

chest pain

__ is a viral disease characterized by sore throat and swollen lymph nodes and is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus.

Infectious mononucleosis

The genome of HIV is classified as a __ RNA virus.

retro

Papillomaviruses are associated with __, causing warts and potential cancers.

tumors

A significant symptom associated with advanced HIV infection is __ mononucleosis.

CMV

The most common type of mucormycosis is __ mucormycosis.

pulmonary

The __ vaccine was first tested by Edward Jenner to protect against smallpox.

smallpox

Histoplasma capsulatum thrives in soil enriched with __ from bat guano.

nitrogen

The influenza virus is classified under the __ virus family.

Orthomyxoviridae

The smallest known virus, Porcine circovirus, has a capsid diameter of __ nm.

17

Positive-strand RNA viruses directly act as __ to be translated.

mRNA

Negative-strand RNA viruses require a __ strand for replication and translation.

positive

Using dried smallpox scabs for immunization, a practice seen in ancient China, is known as __.

variolation

Candida auris is a drug-resistant __ infection particularly dangerous in healthcare settings.

yeast