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St. Andrews Picornavirus Group (554 words) |
 | A characterisitic of a picornavirus infection is the dramatic changes which are brought about to the Golgi apparatus. |
| Tbe vesicles are thought to arise from the transitional smooth areas of the ER that produce transport vesicles that move proteins from the ER to the Golgi apparatus. |
| These results imply that picornavirus infection changes the balance of membrane budding and fusion that is normally maintained between the ER and Golgi compartments. |
| Medmicro Chapter 53 (4575 words) |
| The picornavirus virion is an icosahedral, nonenveloped, small (22 to 30 nm) particle. |
| When the portal of entry for a picornavirus is the mouth or nose, the virus infects and replicates in the nasopharyngeal epithelium and regional lymphoid tissues to give rise to asymptomatic infections or respiratory illnesses. |
| Control of picornavirus diseases depends largely on mass education of the public on the mode of virus transmission, stressing the importance of good personal hygiene, and on provision of a good sewage disposal system and uncontaminated water supply. |
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