Viral Infections

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  1. 2. An abbreviation for a virus most often associated with genital herpes
  2. 5. Influenza B is likely to cause these, not pandemics.
  3. 7. This circulatory disease is caused by a virus with the same name. It leads to swelling of glands, among other things.
  4. 8. A, A respiratory virus associated with pandemics throughout history. Types include avian flu and swine flu
  5. 9. syncytial virus, The major viral respiratory tract pathogen of early infancy
  6. 10. Barr Virus, An oncogenic virus which causes swelling of lymph tissue and infects B cells.
  7. 12. An abbreviation for the virus most associated with cold sores.
  8. 13. This strain of variola has a very low fatality rate.
  9. 14. This virus is endemic in most of the world and includes symptoms such as hydrophobia and difficulty swallowing.
  10. 16. If a patient presents with a rash and koplik spots, they most likely have this virus.
  11. 17. The common name given to a class of viruses that contain the enzyme "reverse transcriptase"
  12. 18. These are common vectors of Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
  13. 19. B, a DNA virus which affects the liver and is transmitted sexually. It may lead to hepatocellular carcinoma
  14. 20. D, an RNA virus which can only affect the liver IF the patient has already been infected with another infection with a similar name
  15. 21. This virus causes a hemorrhagic disease and now has a vaccine!
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  1. 1. A sexually transmitted virus which is strongly associated with some cervical cancers.
  2. 3. redness, swelling and pain in the eyes, with small hemorrahages can also be called this, and can cause epidemics
  3. 4. Virus, This virus caused an epidemic in 2015-2016 when clusters of children were born with microcephaly to parents who had travelled to South America and the Carribean.
  4. 6. a mild disease caused by vaccinia virus, used as the original vaccine against smallpox
  5. 9. A mild febrile disease that causes a rash can cause a congenital rash in a fetus
  6. 11. A hemorrhagic virus with an extremely high fatality rate between 50-88%. There is no available treatment or vaccine.
  7. 15. Strains of this virus cause smallpox