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Chapter 19 Lecture 7 (Herpes Infections (Diagnosis, treatment, and…

- - - - Herpetic gingivostomatitis, whitlow, herpes gladiatorum
- - - - New warts can develop as a result of latent viruses
- - - - Highly contagious infectious disease
      - Characterized by lesions on the back and trunk that spread across body
      - Virus becomes latent within sensory nerves
    - - Occurs following reactivation of the virus
      - Lesions are localized to skin along an infected nerve
      - Pain may last after lesions have healed
  - - - Reactivated VZV causes shingles.
- - - - Produce various proteins that interfere with the immune response
      - Orthopoxvirus (variola virus) causes smallpox
  - - - Viruses spread from the respiratory tract throughout the body