Viral infections

Question 1

What type of virus is rhinovirus

Answer 1

Enterovirus

Question 2

What virus causes the common cold

Answer 2

rhinovirus

Question 3

What type of virus is influenza

Answer 3

RNA virus

Question 4

What disease is caused by influenza and give examples of the types

Answer 4

Causes the flu

Classified into 3 types: a, b and c

Question 5

What types of virus is polio

Answer 5

Unencapsulated RNA enterovirus

Question 6

What type of virus is measles

Answer 6

RNA paramyxovirus

Question 7

Pathology of measles

What causes rashes

Answer 7

Host cell develop T cell-mediated immunity to control the viral infection
Rash is caused by hypersensitivity to the viral antigens within the skin

Question 8

What type of virus is mumps

Answer 8

Paramyxovirus

Question 9

Pathology of mumps

Answer 9

Causes inflammation of the parotid glands

Sometimes travels to central nervous system (CNS), pancreas and testes

Question 10

What type of virus is the West Nile virus

Answer 10

Arthropod virus of the flavivirus group

Question 11

Pathology of West Nile virus

Answer 11

Invades the CNS causing meningitis and encephalitis

Seen in the elderly and immunosuppressed

Question 12

Examples of Chronic latent infections

Answer 12

Human herpes virus
Cytomegalovirus
Varicella zoster virus

Question 13

Example of Chronic productive infection

Answer 13

Hepatitis

Question 14

Examples of Transforming infections

Answer 14

Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)

Question 15

Human papillomavirus is associated with what cancer

Answer 15

Cervical cancer (as the HPV E6 and HPV E7 gene products dysregulate the cell cycle)

Question 16

Presentation of Epstein-Barr virus

Answer 16

Usually self-limiting

Presents with fever and sore throat