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Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C

1.What is the morphology of the pathogen and what are it's staining reactions.
2.Does it produce spores and is it mobile?
3.What are the disease causing factors of the disease?
4.How is the pathogen identified on the Germ level?
5.What are the basic methods used in lab isolation, specific type of media, and biochemical reactions.
6.Are there specific serological tests used to identify to the Genus level and if any animal inoculation occurs?
7.How is the pathogen seperated from other members in the same Genus?
8.Do you use special biochemical tests?
9.Specific serological tests to identify group types (antigen strain)?
10.Is there specific phage typing and does it have a uniques morphology?
11.What is the host range and is it worlwide or regional?
12.Are animals or insects vectors?
13.Where is the source of the pathogen?

Thank You for your answers and I appreciate it alot.
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Don't know but this should answer one or 2 questions --

http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/mmid/bms5300/bugs/viralfam.html
they have links to everything you see-----below




MMID Home Page | Bugs Index | Cases Index
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Viral Family and Morphology


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Organisms | Findings | Diseases | Sources | Pathogens | Normal Flora | Diagnostic Factors | Virulence Factors | Treatment | Aerobic | Anaerobic | Facultative Anaerobic | Fastidious | Gram Stain and Bacterial Morphology | Parasite Morphology | Viral Family and Morphology | Viral Genome Type | Fungus
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Family | Helical | Icosahedral | Enveloped | Non Enveloped
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Family
Adenoviridae
Adenovirus

Bunyaviridae
California Encephalitis Virus

Hantavirus

Caliciviridae
Hepatitis E Virus (HEV)

Norwalk Virus

Coronaviridae
Coronavirus

Flaviviridae
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)

Saint Louis Encephalitis Virus

Yellow Fever Virus

Hepadnaviridae
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)

Herpesviridae
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)

Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HHV1)

Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HHV2)

Varicella-Zoster Virus (HHV3)

Orthomyxoviridae
Influenza Virus (Flu Virus)

Papovaviridae
Papilloma Virus (HPV)

Paramyxoviridae
Measles Virus ( Rubeola)

Mumps Virus

Parainfluenza Virus

Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Parvoviridae
Adeno-associated Virus (AAV)

B19

Picornaviridae
Coxsackievirus - A

Coxsackievirus - B

Echovirus

Hepatitis A Virus (HAV)

Polio virus

Rhinovirus

Poxviridae
Molluscum contagiosum

Smallpox Virus (Variola)

Vaccinia Virus

Reoviridae
Rotavirus

Retroviridae
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Human T-lymphotrophic Virus (HTLV)

Rhabdoviridae
Rabies Virus

Togaviridae
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV)

Rubella Virus

Venezuelan Equine Encephal. Vir. (VEEV)

Western Equine Encephalitis Virus (WEEV)

Helical
California Encephalitis Virus
Coronavirus
Hantavirus
Influenza Virus (Flu Virus)
Measles Virus ( Rubeola)
Mumps Virus
Parainfluenza Virus
Rabies Virus
Respiratory Syncytial Virus


Icosahedral
Adeno-associated Virus (AAV)
Adenovirus
B19
Coxsackievirus - A
Coxsackievirus - B
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV)
Echovirus
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
Hepatitis A Virus (HAV)
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV)
Hepatitis E Virus (HEV)
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HHV1)
Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HHV2)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Human T-lymphotrophic Virus (HTLV)
Norwalk Virus
Papilloma Virus (HPV)
Polio virus
Rhinovirus
Rubella Virus
Saint Louis Encephalitis Virus
Varicella-Zoster Virus (HHV3)
Western Equine Encephalitis Virus (WEEV)
Yellow Fever Virus


Enveloped
California Encephalitis Virus
Coronavirus
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV)
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
Hantavirus
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV)
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HHV1)
Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HHV2)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Human T-lymphotrophic Virus (HTLV)
Influenza Virus (Flu Virus)
Molluscum contagiosum
Papilloma Virus (HPV)
Polio virus
Rhinovirus
Rotavirus
Rubella Virus
Saint Louis Encephalitis Virus
Smallpox Virus (Variola)
Vaccinia Virus
Varicella-Zoster Virus (HHV3)
Venezuelan Equine Encephal. Vir. (VEEV)
Western Equine Encephalitis Virus (WEEV)
Yellow Fever Virus


Non Enveloped
Adeno-associated Virus (AAV)
Adenovirus
B19
Coxsackievirus - A
Coxsackievirus - B
Echovirus
Hepatitis A Virus (HAV)
Hepatitis E Virus (HEV)
Norwalk Virus


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