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| DNA virus that infects and replicates in cutaneous and mucosal epithelial tissue that leads to inactivation of tumor supressor proteins Rb and p53 causing hyperplasia and possibly cervical cancer; transmitted via warts or passed from mother to child |
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| DNA virus that can cause cytolytic, persistent/latent infections that last for life and can be transmitted during reactivation phase; not very many viral proteins expressed during latent phase; 1 usually oral, 2 usually genital; host immune response eliminates the active but no latent virus; varicella zoster (herpesvirus 3) causes chickenpox/shingles |
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| DNA virus causing mono; it infects B lymphocytes, is related to overgrowth of cells and can cause burkitt's lymphoma, hodgkin's diseases, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
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| DNA virus; only human pathogen in this class is hepatitis B |
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| RNA virus; hand-foot-and-mouth disease |
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| RNA virus; infects GI epithelial cells leading to watery dirrhea and vomiting |
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| RNA virus; binds to receptors on muscle cells and neurons |
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