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VIRAL LATENCY - Coggle Diagram
VIRAL LATENCY
LATENT INFECTIONS
TYPES OF INFECTIONS
CHRONIC
low level symptoms, continual disease,
PERSISTENT
no disease symptoms, microorganisms proliferate
LATENT
no symptoms, disease may reactivate
after reduction of symptoms, infectious agent is not detected
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during infection, viral DNA stays in quiescent (inactive, not proliferating) state in host cell until reactivated
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HUMAN HERPESVIRUSES
PROPERTIES
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genome is linear, double stranded DNA
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HSV-1 INFECTION
passed via saliva, not considered an STI
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recurrent infection, primary infection often asymptomatic
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VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS
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highly infectious, acquired by respiratory route
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