additional viruses - virology exam

hpv

ds dna virus, non-segmented, nonenveloped, acute or chronic infection

host for hpv

humans

what hpv causes

cancers, warts

cancers from hpv

cervical, penile, anal

warts are a

lack of immune response

treatment for hpv

protein vaccine, drugs used rarely, cryotherapy for warts

prevention of hpv

safe sex, vaccination

coronaviruses

ss +rna virus, non-segmented, enveloped, acute infections

disease of coronaviruses

common cold along with rhinoviruses, adenoviruses, rsv

typical coronaviruses (SARS, MERS)

restricted to upper respiratory tract, replicate at 33-55 degrees c, uses receptors other than ace-2, generate poor immune response

treatment for typical coronaviruses

no vaccines, no drugs

sars-2

can go systemic, cytokine storm, blocks some innate immune responses

treatment of sars-2

yes, yes - recombinant vaccine

arboviruses

humans dead end host, insect transmitted, no drugs, limited vaccines

zoonotic viruses

humans dead end host. lassa, hanta, ebola, rabies

ebola treatment

passive immunization, vaccines?

rabies treatment

passive immunization, vaccies pos

diarrheal viruses types

rotaviruses (vaccine), norovirus, astrovirus, norwalk virus

less than a virus

prions

prions

infectious protein (no nucleic acid), convert normal host protein to more stable