Chapter 5/8: Virus History and Classification

Question 1

What was responsible for Ramses V death?

Answer 1

Smallpox

Question 2

Who showed that infection of tobacco mosaic virus could be passed via filtrate of infected tissue?

Answer 2

Dimitri Ivanovski

Question 3

Who described tobacco mosaic as a living soluble germ?

Answer 3

Marcus Beijerinck

Question 4

Who discovered bacteriophages that infected bacteria?

Answer 4

Frederick Twort

Question 5

Who showed yellow fever was caused by a virus which was transmitted by mosquito bite?

Answer 5

Walter Reed

Question 6

What are the two classification systems for naming viruses?

Answer 6

ICTV Scheme, Baltimore Scheme

Question 7

What does ICTV stand for?

Answer 7

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

Question 8

What classification scheme names viruses based on order, family, subfamily, genus, species, etc?

Answer 8

ICTV Scheme

Question 9

What is the Baltimore Scheme based around?

Answer 9

mRNA production methods

Question 10

How many classes are used to separate viruses in the Baltimore Scheme?

Answer 10

Seven