HLTB21H3 Lecture 7: lecture 7

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Rhazes (900 ad) separated smallpox and measles. Thought red rash represented the mother"s menstrual blood that accumulates in the womb. Disease was welcomed - get rid of the poison" in a child. 1670 with thomas sydenham ( father of clinical observation") described son"s attack of measles. Complications: crancum oris (noma: disease that leads to the destruction of tissue around the mouth) and encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) viral encephalitis - develop during/after infection with several viral illnesses - influenza, herpes, measles, mumps, rubella, rabies, chickenpox and west nile. 1757 francis home - infective nature of measles - succeeded in transmitting measles using blood from an infected child. Peter ludwig panum 1846 - danish - geographical location (17 isolated islands, Norwegian sea & north atlantic ocean halfway between scotland and iceland with population of 7800) Danish visitor from copenhagen - developed on boat. Epidemic traveled from island to island through people/ boats (incubation period) in origin.

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1.The appearance of koplik spots in the oral mucous of patients ischaracteristic of infection with what vial agent? A) hepatitis b)measles c) rabies d) yellow fever

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Match each of the descriptions given below (symptoms, geographicdistribution, mode of transmission, etc.) with the viral diseasethat is the most likely cause. (Hint: look up all of the virusesand the diseases they cause, then try to do the problem.)

A yellow fever

B herpes (HSV-2)

C measles (rubeola)

D rotovirus

E ebola fever

F rabies

G HPV-16 (human papilloma virus)

H smallpox

1.The patient, who is a sexually active young adult, has genitalwarts.

2. The patient is a baby who was hospitalized because ofdehydration due to severe diarrhea. Patient also displays vomitingand low grade fever. An electronmicrograph of a stool sample showsa nonenveloped virus with an icosahedral symmetry (sort of round)that is about 70 nm in diameter.

3. The disease is an extremely severe hemmorhagic fever that isthought to be transmitted by contact with blood or bodily fluidsfrom an infected person (or possibly an animal but the naturalreservoir for this virus is currently unknown). An electronmicrograph shows the virus to be filamentous. Infections arefrequently fatal with most cases occurring in The Rebublic ofCongo, Zaire and Uganda.

4. The disease is a hemmorhagic fever that is transmitted bymosquitoes. An electron micrograph shows the virus to have anenveloped icosahedral capsid. The disease used to be common in Cubaand Panama. A patient suffers from internal bleeding that resultsin jaundice.

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33)An effective vaccine against the common cold does not appearfeasible because: a) There are over 100 different rhinoviruses b)There is no immunity to rhinoviruses c) rhinoviruses cannot becultivated insufficient quantity d) Rhinoviruses cannot beattenuated for safe use e) none of the above

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