Poxvirus: Family Includes: Smallpox Virus (variola Virus) Vaccinia Virus Molluscum Contagiosum Virus

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Poxvirus ► Family

includes:

► Smallpox ► Vaccinia

virus (Variola virus)

virus

► Molluscum

contagiosum virus

Smallpox virus ► Small ► Last

pox is eradicated from the earth.

case in somalia in 1977.

► Eradication

possible: Single stable serotype, No animal reservoir, easy clinical diagnosis, no subclinical or carrier state.



Vaccine contains live attenuated vaccinia virus.

Molluscum contagiosum virus ►A

member of pox family

► Transmitted

by close personal contact &

sexually. ► Causes

small, pink, papular, wartlike benign tumors of skin.

► No

vaccine.

DNA Non Enveloped Virus

DNA Non Enveloped Virus ► Non

enveloped DNA virus include: Adenovirus Papillomavirus Parvovirus B19

Adenovirus

Adenovirus ► Non

enveloped ds DNA virus.

► Contains

protruding fibers which helps in attachment & are hemagglutinin.

► There

are 41 known antigenic types.

Adenovirus ► Transmission:

Through aerosol droplet, fecal-oral, and direct inoculation into conjunctiva.

► Clinical ► Type

findings:

- 3, 4, 7 & 21 cause respiratory tract infection: fever, sorethroat, coyza, bronchitis & atypical pneumonia.

Adenovirus ► Type-

8 & 19 cause keratocojunctivitis.

► Type-

11& 21 cause hemorrhagic cystitis.

► Type-

40 & 41 cause infantile gastroenteritis with nonbloody diarrhea.

Adenovirus ► Isolation

of virus by culture.

► Serological

test: Antibody titer ( 4 fold rise), complement fixation test & hemagglutination inhibition test.

Papillomavirus

Papillomavirus ► Nonenveloped,

ds DNA virus.

► There

at least 100 types of papillomavirus.

► Some

causes malignancies.

► Malignancy

is associated with E6 & E7 genes, encodes p53 & retinoblastoma genes respectively.

Papillomavirus ► Transmission:

Primarily occurs by direct contact and sexually. ► Clinical findings: ► HPV cause benign tumors (wart) on the skin. ► HPV1, 2, 3 & 4 cause skin & planter wart. ► HPV6 & HPV 11 cause genital wart. ► HPV 16 & HPV 18 are associated with carcinoma of cervix, penis & anus.

Papillomavirus ► Lab

diagnosis:

► Mainly ► DNA

diagnosed by clinical ground.

hybridization test is also available.

Parvovirus

General properties ► Smallest,

SS DNA virus.

► Non-enveloped. ► Associated

with Transient aplastic crisis in patients with sickle cell disease, erythema infectiosum and congenital infections.

Parvovirus ► Parvovirus B-19 - only human pathogen ► Transmission: Occurs through respiratory

droplet, placenta & blood transfusion

Clinical significance... ► Erythema

infectiosum ( fifth disease) ► Aplastic anemia. ► Congenital infections  spontaneous abortion - ( first trimester)  Hydrops fetalis ( 2nd or 3rd trimester)

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