MICR 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Post-Exposure Prophylaxis, Flavivirus, Breast Milk

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Microbiology and Immunology
• Course: MICR 121
• Professor: Lewis Linton Tomalty

Document Summary

He pa titis a nd he pa titis virus e s. Ma ny virus e s circula te in the blood a t s ome s ta ge of dis e a s e. Dis e a s e re la te s to s ubs e que nt infe ction of the ta rge t ce lls / orga ns. S ome virus e s a ctua lly infe ct blood ce lls: eps te in-ba rr virus (ebv, cytome ga lovirus (cmv, hiv. De pe nds o the le ngth of vire mia: ca n be proble ma tic if vire mia is s hort. Us e the hos t ce ll re s pons e to dia gnos e. Igm is ma de only a fte r the firs t e xpos ure to a give n pa thoge n.