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What is the advantage of latency for a virus?
Proviral latency Advantages include automatic host cell division results in replication of the viruses gene, and the fact that it is near impossible to remove an integrated provirus from an infected cell without killing the cell.
What activates a latent virus?
Virus activation from a latent state is often the result of stimulation by mitogens, cytokines, or DNA-damaging agents. The regulation of viral latency remains elusive.
Can a virus be dormant?
A latent viral infection occurs when the virus is present within an infected cell but dormant and not multiplying. In a latent virus, the entire viral genome is present, and infectious virus can be produced if latency ends and the infections becomes active.
Is influenza A latent virus?
Influenza virus, like most other acute respiratory viruses, typically does not cause long-term latent or persistent infections in humans.
Do latent viruses replicate?
The viral genome can remain latent either as an episome or integrated in the host chromosome. The latter allows replication of the viral genome during host cell division….Viral latency.
| Virus | HHV-4 |
|---|---|
| Family | Herpesviridae |
| Genus | Lymphocryptovirus |
| Latent replication form | Circular episome |
| Main site of latency | Memory B-cells |
What are examples of latent virus?
Latent viral infections in humans include herpes simplex, varicella zoster, Epstein-Barr, human cytomegalovirus, adenovirus, and Kaposi’s sarcoma.
Can the flu be latent?
Why does the flu go away in the summer?
The flu tends to spike in the fall and winter for a major reason: the temperature. “The virus survives better in cool, dry temperatures,” Simanek said. And that’s thanks to a protective gel-like coating that surrounds the flu virus while it’s in the air.
How do viruses become inactive?
We now see that there are at least three ways that a virus can become inactive. Any disruption of the structure of key proteins, nucleic acids or the fatty membrane will render it incapable of infecting cells. What then happens to a virus particle, also known as a virion, that lands on a surface? Many possibilities.
What is the difference between latent and chronic?
Chronic just means it hangs around for a while, generally more than a few months though the actual definition varies by disease. Latent suggests the pathogen is there, but not really misbehaving.
What are examples of latent diseases?
While an infection is latent, it may hide from the immune system and/or be difficult to treat with drugs and other therapies. 1 Examples: Herpes infections go through latent periods where individuals don’t have any outbreaks.
What causes the reactivation of the virus?
Stress can reactivate the herpes simplex virus. About 90% of the US population have the herpes simplex virus (HSV), which leads to cold sores, recurrent eye infections, genital lesions, and in rare cases encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain with a 30% mortality rate – or 70-80% if left untreated.
What is latent tuberculosis infection or LTBI?
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a state of persistent immune response to stimulation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens without evidence of clinically manifested active TB. Someone has latent TB if they are infected with the TB bacteria but do not have signs of active TB disease and do not feel ill.