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Acellular Infectious Agents Exam (2024)- Questions & 100% Correct Answers Acellular Infectious Agents Exam (2024)- Questions & 100% Correct Answers Acellular Infectious Agents - ANSWER - viruses viroids prions Viruses - ANSWER - most common microbe in the world genetic element with either DNA or RNA, but not both (except for mimivirus and cytomegalovirus) obligate requirement to replicate inside a living cell has an extracellular state (virion) life forms but not cell-based Mimiv...

Virology Exam #1 Properties of a virus - correct answer - Filterable agents (not retained in a filter like bacteria are) - Obligate intracellular parasites - Cannot make energy or proteins independent of a host cell (no generation of metabolic energy) - Viral components are assembled and do not replicate by "division" - Must encode any required process not provided by the host cell - Genomes may be RNA or DNA but not both - Have a naked capsid or envelope morphology Theories on how v...

Virology - Module 4Where does ss(+) RNA Replication occur? - correct answer On the surface of membranous vesicles. Name the 3 Important Picronaviruses Discussed - correct answer - Polio, Entero, and Rhinovirus Name the 4 Flaviviruses - correct answer - Yellow fever, west nile, zika, and Dengue Name the two Alphaviruses - correct answer - Equine encephalitis and Chikungunya (long term arthritis) T/F Picornavirus forms a fore in the endosome to release genetic information - correct ans...

Virology Exam 1 (Columbia - Racaniello) Exam Questions and Answers 1. How many viruses do we carry at any given time? Why don't these make us sick? - Answer-- most viruses just pass through us - non-human viruses - Viruses can be beneficial (thermotolerant fungi) - Strong immune system! How can viruses be beneficial? Why do we care that they comprise the most biodiversity on the planet? -Answer-Co-evolution, thermotolerant fungi, enteric virus replaces function of commensal bacteria W...

virology exam 2 questions and answers What virus causes measles -Answer-paramyxovirus Does measles have a vaccine -Answer-Yes What are the 4 factors influencing virus infection -Answer-Age, General health and nutrition, Genetic factors, and Immunity What are innate defenses -Answer-Innate defenses provide broad, nonspecific defense against andy pathogen (is immediate and effective against any pathogen) What is adaptive immunity -Answer-Immune cells recognize and remember specific pathoge...

What is microbiology? The study of microbes, germs, and microorganisms Why is microbiology important? Microbiology is ubiquitous. Microbes out number humans. What is the most abundant microbe? perchlorococcus- P. marinus What is the biggest microbe species? Armillaria ostoyae (fungus) number of human cells vs number of bacteria cells human cells: 3 x 10^13 bacteria cells: 3.9 x 10 ^13 What happens when something is grown without microbes? underdevelopmen...

Bacteriology and Virology Lab Quiz 9 Ebola virus is ____________________________ a. transmitted via contaminated bodily fluid b. a filovirus c. biosafety level - 4 agent d. mosquitoe-borne virus a. transmitted via contaminated bodily fluid b. a filovirus c. biosafety level - 4 agent Mosquito-borne flavivirus include_________ a. Zika virus b. coronaviruses c. Dengue virus d. West Nile virus a. Zika virus c. Dengue virus d. West Nile virus Brainpower Read More Ebola vi...

Virology Practice Test 32 Questions with Verified Answers The difference between "simple" retrovirus and "complex" retrovirus is? A) "Simple" retroviruses do not cause disease B) "Complex" retroviruses contain additional genes called accessory genes C) "Simple" retroviruses do not cause tumors D) "Complex" retroviruses carry viral oncogene E) Only "complex" retroviruses produce provirus - CORRECT ANSWER B, E What is the first biosynthetic event that occurs in cells i...

Virology Exam 1 (Columbia - Racaniello) Exam Questions and Answers 1. How many viruses do we carry at any given time? Why don't these make us sick? - Answer-- most viruses just pass through us - non-human viruses - Viruses can be beneficial (thermotolerant fungi) - Strong immune system! How can viruses be beneficial? Why do we care that they comprise the most biodiversity on the planet? -Answer-Co-evolution, thermotolerant fungi, enteric virus replaces function of commensal bacteria W...

Fundamentals of Molecular Virology 2nd Edition by Acheson TEST BANK Package Title: Testbank Course Title: Acheson 2nd edition Chapter Number: 01 Question type: Multiple Choice 1) Which of the following is an enzyme that most RNA viruses encode in their genome? a) DNA-dependent-RNA-polymerase b) RNA-dependent-RNA-polymerase c) DNA-dependent-DNA-polymerase d) DNA-dependent-RNA-polymerase e) RNA-dependent-protein-synthetase Answer: b 2) Which of the following terms describes the prote...