Viruses — Flashcards

Flashcard 421: What is the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis in developing countries?_____

Answer: Rotavirus

Flashcard 422: Which Herpesvirus remains latent in mononuclear cells (monocytes, macrophages)?

Answer: CMV (HHV-5)

Extra: Latency sites of Herpesviruses: - HSV-1, HSV-2, VZV: Sensory ganglia - EBV: B cells - CMV: Mononuclear cells (monocytes, macrophages) - HHV-6, HHV-7: T cells - HHV-8: B cells

Flashcard 423: Which viral virulence factor binds sialic acid promoting viral entry?_____

Answer: Hemagglutinin

Flashcard 424: What family of viruses does HAV belong to?_____

Answer: Picornavirus

Flashcard 425: Reoviruses include rotavirus and _____

Answer: coltivirus

Flashcard 426: Which virus/viral family will have nuclear, eosinophilic inclusions within cells?

Answer: Herpesvirus family (Cowdry type A bodies)

Flashcard 427: Which virus remains latent in dorsal root ganglia (DRG)?_____

Answer: VZV

Flashcard 428: Which herpesvirus is the most common cause of roseola?_____

Answer: HHV-6

Flashcard 429: Most RNA viruses replicate in the _____

Answer: cytoplasm

Flashcard 430: Rabies virus travels _____-grade along peripheral nerves

Answer: retro