Topic: Herpesviruses. Laboratory diagnosis of herpesvirus’ infections.
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Class 13
Topic: Herpesviruses. Laboratory diagnosis of herpesvirus’ infections.
ISW: Prions. Prion infections of animals and humans.
Questions to be discussed:
- Classification of Family Herpesviridae.
- Morphology and structure of the herpesviruses..
- Replicative cycle of herpesviruses.
- Alpha-herpesviruse subfamily: characteristic features, tissue tropism, and diseases.
- Beta-herpesviruse subfamily: characteristic features, tissue tropism, and diseases.
- Gamma-herpesviruse subfamily: characteristic features, tissue tropism, and diseases.
- Lymphoproliferative, oncogenic and embiotoxic activity of the herpesviruses.
- Immunity in herpesviruses’ infections and persistancy of viruses.
- Laboratory diagnosis of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-herpesviruses’ infections.
- Ant-herpesvirus chemotherapy. Immunobiological preparations used in herpesviruses’ infections.
Practical tasks:
- Draw and label the main structural components of the herpesvirus virion.
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- List the main stages of herpesvirus replication and label targets for the antivirals.
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- Indicate CPE effects produced by subfamilies:
Alphaherpesvirinae:
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Betaherpesvirinae:
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Gammaherpesvirinae:
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- Complete a scheme of the laboratory diagnosis of genital herpes diagnosis.
- Describe the mechanism of EBV infection.
- Describe the action of anti-herpes drugs.
SW: Prions. Prion infections of animals and humans.
1. Properties and stricture of prions.
2. Prion infections of animals (skrepi, mad caw disease) and humans (kuru, Creitsfield-Jakobs).
3. Laboratory diagnosis of prion infections.
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