Gms6121 exam 3 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

GMS6121 Exam 3 Questions with Answers Electron microscopy - Answer-Allows visualization of virus particles in lesions Laborious, but easy to look at Immunofluorescence - Answer-Uses virus-specific antibody to detect viral protein Usually in tissue biopsy or cells from fluid Easy, gold standard ELISA - Answer-Uses virus-specific antibody to detect virus particles or proteins in fluid Lateral flow assay - Answer-Rapid ELISA essentially If analyte is present, it complexes wit...

GMS6121 Exam 3 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers 3 shapes of bacteria - Correct Answer- coccus, bacillus, spirochete Unique to bacteria - Correct Answer- peptidoglycan in cell wall 1 circular chromosome 70S (50S + 30S) ribosome Transformation, transduction, conjugation No membrane bound organelles Envelope Blue/purple gram stain - Correct Answer- gram positive bacteria Pink gram stain - Correct Answer- gram negative bacteria

Examples of acute viral diseases Common cold caused by Rhinovirus Diarrhea caused by Norwalk virus Examples of chronic viral diseases Genital herpes caused by HSV Mononucleosis caused by EBV Examples of lethal viral diseases Hemorrhagic fevers caused by Ebola and Marburg Rabies caused by Rabies virus Individual viruses exhibit tropism for particular cell types and organs. Examples: HCV, HBV target liver Rotavi