Vibrio
cholerae224,296,
297 – 300
antigens 297
classification 297
culture 297 , 299
diagnosis 29 9, 639
morphology 297
pathogenesis
298 – 299
sourceofinfection
299
toxin 16
transmission 299
seealsoCholera
parahemolyticus 300
diagnosis 638
vulnificus 300
Viralcapsidantigen(VCA)
424
Viralculture 406 – 408
amplificationculture
408
hostsystemselection
408
identification 408
informationprovidedto
laboratory 407
laboratoryprocessingof
material 407
samplingandtransport
ofspecimens 407
significanceofresults
408
Viralproteins(VP) 388
Viremia,transitory 10
Virion 377
seealsoViruses
Viroids 472
Virulence8,9, 11
determinantsof 7 – 11
regulationof 18 – 20
Virulencegenes 20 – 21
Virulenceplasmids 16 8,
177
Virulenceproteinsecre-
tion 17
Virusinfectionfactor(vif)
449
Viruses 4
asvectors 390
attenuated 390
capsid 377 , 3 78, 380
characteristics 376
chemotherapy 404 – 405
problemsof 404 – 405
resistancedevelop-
ment 405
classification 380 – 381 ,
382 – 383
courseofinfection 398
cultureseeViralculture
defensemechanisms
399 – 402
nonspecificimmune
defenses 400 – 401
specificimmunede-
fenses 401 – 402
definition 376 – 377
diagnosisseeLaboratory
diagnosis
disseminationinorgan-
ism 397 – 398
generalizedinfection
396, 397 – 398
localinfection396,
397
envelope 377 , 378
enzymes 379
excretion 399
genetics 389 – 392
genome 377 – 3 78, 380
segmented 388
hemagglutinin 379
host-cellreactions
392 – 394
celldestruction
392 – 393
latentinfection 394
tumortransformation
394
virusreplication
withoutcelldestruc-
tion 393
hostimmunityevasion
102 – 103
identification 408
maturation 388
morphology 377 – 380
newviralspecies
391 – 392
nongeneticinteractions
391
pathogenesis 396 – 399
antibody-dependent
enhancementofin-
fection 399
portalofentry 397
prevention 402 – 404
proteinsynthesis
387 – 388
quasispecies 391
releasefrominfected
cells 388 – 389
replication 381 – 386,
387adsorption 384
DNAviruses 384 – 385,
387
nucleicacidreplica-
tion 384 – 385
penetrationandun-
coating 384
RNAviruses385, 387
double-stranded
RNA385, 387
single-strandedRNA
385, 387
size 377
structuralpatterns
379 – 380
complexsymmetry
379
cubic(rotational)
symmetry 379
helicalsymmetry 3 79,
380
transmission 397
zoonoses 29
seealsospecificviruses
Viscerallarvamigrans
(VLM) 602 – 605
Angiostronglylus 604
Anisakis 604
Dirofilaria 605
Toxocara 603 – 604
Visceralleishmaniosissee
Leishmania(leishma-
nioses)
Vulvovaginitis 364
diagnosis 636&W
Warts 413 – 414
diagnosis 650
molluscumcontagiosum
428
seealsoPapilloma-
viruses
Waterhouse-Friedrichsen
syndrome 277
WaxD 264
WeildiseaseseeLeptospira
interrogans(leptospirosis)
Weil-Felixagglutination
test 331
WestNilefever 443
Westernblotting 1 23, 125
Whipple’sdisease 639
Whipworm 579 – 580
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