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WHAT IS A VIRUS? Viruses may be defined as acellular organisms whose genomes consist of nucleic acid, and which obligately replicate inside host cells using host metabolic machinery to different extents, to form a pool of components which assemble into  particles called virions. F A virus differs from a cell in three fundamental ways: i A vir us usually has only a single ty pe of nucleic acid serving as its genetic material. This can be single or double stranded DNA or RNA;  ii V iruses contain no enzy mes of energy metabolism, thus cannot make A TP;  iii V iruses do not encode sufficient enzymatic machinery to synthesize their component macromolecules, specifically, no protein synthesis machinery. F Viruses cannot be grown on sterile media,  but require the presence of specific host cells.

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WHAT IS A VIRUS?

Viruses may be defined as acellular organisms

whose genomes consist of nucleic acid, and

which obligately replicate inside host cells using

host metabolic machinery to different extents, toform a pool of components which assemble into

 particles called virions.

F A virus differs from a cell in three fundamental ways: 

i A virus usually has only a single type of nucleic acid serving as its

genetic material. This can be single or double stranded DNA or RNA; 

ii Viruses contain no enzymes of energy metabolism, thus cannot

make ATP; iii Viruses do not encode sufficient enzymatic machinery to synthesize

their component macromolecules, specifically, no protein synthesis

machinery.

F Viruses cannot be

grown on sterile media,

 but require the presence

of specific host cells.

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Fundamentally then, a virus is:

A package of genetic information protected

by a protein shell for delivery into a host cell

to be expressed and replicated

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Viruses are distinguished from other obligate parasites, some of 

which are even simpler than viruses: 

MYCOPLASMA: Small bacterium that grows only in complex medium or attached to eucaryotic cel

CHLAMYDIA: Obligate intracellular bacterial parasite which depends on eucaryotic cell for energy.

PROTOZOA: Obligate intracellular parasite that replicate within eucaryotic cells.

VIROID: Infectious agents of plants that exist as naked nucleic acid (circular single stranded (ss) ssR

HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS (HDV): Viroid-like agent whose replication is dependent upon HBV.

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PRION (proteinacious infectious agent): Hypothesized identity of the

unconventional slow viruses (such as the Kuru, Scrapie and “Mad cow” disease

agents). No nucleic acid is known to be required for prion function. They are

thought by many to consist solely of protein and perhaps lipids. Study of theseagents has resulted in 2 nobel prize awards.

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Kuru

Scrapie BSE vCJD

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Recognition of viruses

F How long viruses have been within our midst? 

1500 BC: Leg deformities indicative of poliomyelitis, pock marks indicative of smallpox and.

During the 1800's, all infectious agents were considered to be viruses until Koch developed pure culture techniqwhich allowed the separation and growth of bacteria. In the late 1800's: Bacteria were purified and established as

disease causing agents. It then became possible to distinguish them from the "filterable agents", those able to pass

through special filters designed to prevent the passage of bacteria. The first viruses described were foot and mouth

disease (a picornavirus), 1898, Yellow fever (a flavivirus), 1900, Rous sarcoma virus (an oncogenic retrovirus), 190

"Virus" is from the Greek 

meaning for "poison" and

was initially described by

Edward Jenner in 1798.

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Viral diseases have played a major role in human history

over whatever time scale we choose to explore: 

Over the past 1000 years: Smallpox and measles were brought to North and SouthAmerica by early European explorers/conquerers. These diseases, for which the

native American populations had no acquired partial immunity, killed large fractions

of the populations, and were a major factor in the decimation of these societies.

Over the past 100 years: A newly emerged strain of 

influenza killed 20 million people in 1918-1919 in theimmediate aftermath of World War I. A decade later,

 polio became one of the most feared infections of 

children and young adults (including Franklin D.

Roosevelt, the U.S. President throughout the Depression

and World War II).

As the century entered its final 20 years, a new~100% lethal virus, HIV, spread rapidly around the

world via body fluid transmission.

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Over the past 10 years: As the global HIV epidemic continues, sporadic cases and

outbreaks in humans of some non-human host viruses such as Ebola and Hanta raise

the concern about future epidemics by other viruses in the new century. 

FourCorners Virus (Hanta)

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THE DISCIPLINE OF VIROLOGY

The study of virology inherently involves a merging together of what has traditionally

 been thought of as two separate "kinds" of science: basic and applied science. We want to

figure out how viruses are transmitted, how they replicate, and how the host organismresponds. We also want to figure out how to prevent transmission, how to interfere with

virus replicaton, and how to confer immunity on the host. The "applied" follows from, and

is dependent upon, the "basic" in a quite direct way. Virology as it is studied today, is

therefore an outgrowth of both:

 Mouse primary spleen cells transduced with a

GFP (green fluorescent protein)-retrovirus vector 

Infectious diseases - because of the recognition of viral pathogens.

Molecular Biology- because of the usefulness of 

viruses as probes of cell and molecular biology and

metabolism, and as vectors with strong potential for 

gene therapy.

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WHERE WE STAND IN 2001:

PREVENTING • CONTROLING • CURING VIRAL DISEASES 

 Smallpox : effective vaccine; this is the only viral disease that has been wiped out worldwide

 Measles: effective vaccine since 1963; this disease could be eliminated with a world-wide effort

 Influenza: effective strain-specific vaccine, but new variant strains emerge periodically

 Polio: effective vaccine; will soon be the second viral disease wiped out

 HIV : no vaccine; effective drugs, but they are costly and toxic, plus resistant strains appear.

World-wide spread continues via intimate contact. 50 million infected thus far 

 Ebola: no vaccine; important host species unknown (found recently in chimps and rodents);

outbreaks controllable because people die quickly and human-human transmission is via blood

 Hanta: no vaccine; rodent host; easy transmission to humans, but outbreaks controllable

We also share the world, and our bodies, with viruses that cause hepatitis, respiratory disease,

mononucleosis, diarrhea, genital warts, genital herpes, and some forms of cancer 

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How are viruses classified ? 

Hierarchical virus classification: (order) family - subfamily - genus - species - strain/type 

All families have the suffix viridae, e.g.:

* Poxviridae

* Herpesviridae

* Parvoviridae

* Retroviridae

Genera have the suffix virus. Within the Picornaviridae there are 5 genera:

* enterovirus (alimentary tract), species e.g. poliovirus 1, 2, 3

* cardiovirus (neurotropic), species e.g. mengovirus

* rhinovirus (nasopharyngeal region), species e.g. Rhinovirus 1a

* apthovirus (cloven footed animals ), species e.g. FMDV-C

* hepatovirus (liver), species e.g. Hepatitis A virus

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Virus naming and classification Usually based on data available at the time of discovery:

i Disease they are associated with, e.g.:

Poxvirus, Hepatitis virus, HIV, measles virus

ii Cytopathology they cause, e.g.:

Respiratory Syncytial virus, Cytomegalovirus

iii Site of isolation, e.g.:

Adenovirus, Enterovirus, Rhinovirus

iv Places discovered or people that 

discovered them, e.g.:

Epstein-Barr virus, Rift Valley Fever 

v Biochemical features, e.g.:

Retrovirus, Picornavirus, Hepadnavirus RSV

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These naming conventions can lead to confusion later, e.g.,

viral hepatitis is caused by at least 6 different viruses

D

“Infectious” 

“Serum” 

Viral

hepatitis

A

NANB

B

Entericallytransmitted

Parenterallytransmitted

E

C

F, G,

? Other *

* 10-20% of cases of presumed viral hepatitis are still not accounted for

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Thus,

Different viruses can cause (nearly) the same

symptoms. e.g., the hepatitis viruses 

However, different members of the same group

can cause different symptoms. e.g., the herpes

viruses

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 Herpesviruses

HSV Herpes Simplex Virus Cold sores (type 1),

Genital lesions (type 2)

VZV Varicella Zoster Virus Chicken pox

CMV Cytomegalovirus Mononucleosis

EBV Epstein-Barr Virus Mononucleosis,Burkitt’s lymphoma,

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

and HHV-6, HHV-7, HHV-8….. 

(Human HerpesVirus-#)

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Virus Classification is now based principally on analysis of the particle:

Morphology:

by electron microscopy

Serology:antigenic cross-reactivity

Genetic material:

 form of nucleic acid 

ssDNA (+ or - strand) 

dsDNAssRNA (+ or - strand)

dsRNA 

segmented RNA

 genetic organization 

 sequence homology DNA sequence

Hybridization

 Rotavirus

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F a mil y  P o x  H er p e s  A d e n o  P a p o v a  P a rv o  H e p a dn a 

G e n o m e  < -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -ds D N A -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - >  ssD N A  P a rt i a l ds D N

C a ps i d s y m me t ry 

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E nv el op e  < -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - - Y e s-- - - - -- - -- - -- - -- - - >  < -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - - -- - -- - -- - -- - N o -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - - -- - -- - -- - - >  Y e s 

e. g .  V ac c i n i a v i r us  H er p e s si m p le x v ir us 2 

Hu ma n a d e n o v i r us 

P a p i l l om a H e p a t i t i s B Adeno-

Associated 

Molluscum

Contagiosum

Animal virus classification: DNA Viruses

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 Family Corona Toga/Flavi Picorna Calici Retro

Genome <-------------------------------------------ss (+) RNA---------------------------------------------> Diploid (+) RNA

Capsid symmetry Helical <--------------------------------------Icosahedral------------------------------------------------->

Envelope <----------------------Yes--------------------> <---------------------No----------------------> Yes

e.g. Human corona

virus

Rubella virus

Hepatitis C virus

Polio

Hepatitis A virus

Norwalk agent

Hepatitis E virus

HIV-1

Plus Sense RNA Viruses

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 Family Paramyxo Rhabdo Filo Orthomyxo Arena Bunya Reo

Genome <-----------------ss(-) RNA------------------------> ss(-) RNA

segments

ss (+) or (+/-)

segments

ss(+) or (+/-)

segments

ds RNA

segments

Capsid

symmetry

<---------------------------------------------------Helical-------------------------------------------------------> Icosahedr

Envelope <----------------------------------------------------Yes-----------------------------------------------------------> No

e.g. Measles

Mumps

Para-

influenza

Rabies virus Ebola virus Influenza

virus

Lassa virus Hanta virus Rotavirus

Minus Sense RNA Viruses