Infectious diseases

Question 1

Capsid proteins VP2 and VP5 are attachment molecules for which virus?

Answer 1

bluetongue orbivirus

Question 2

Papillomavirus genomes include an endogenous E6 gene that encodes a protein that inhibits what?

Answer 2

p53

Question 3

Fusion surface glycoproteins of morbillivirus attach to what receptor on the host cell membrane?

Answer 3

CD150

Question 4

Gamma-herpesviruses have a tropism for which cell type?

Answer 4

T-lymphocytes

Question 5

Death of hepatocytes and erythrocytes in bacillary hemoglobinuria occurs via which enzyme?

Answer 5

phospholipase C

Question 6

Which virulence gene enables Salmonella Typhimurium to invade intestinal epithelial cells?

Answer 6

SPI-3

Question 7

That subgroup of FeLV is transmitted between cats through saliva and is found in approximately 100% of virus-infected cats?

Answer 7

FeLV-A

Question 8

RTX group of toxins attaches to cell surface through which receptor?

Answer 8

CD18

Question 9

plasmid virulence factor encoded by Rhodococcus equi?

Answer 9

VAP

Question 10

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies involve transformation of protein encoded by what gene?

Answer 10

PRNP

Question 11

Which virus induces neoplasia via insertional mutagenesis?

Answer 11

Avian Leukosis virus

Question 12

Enterohemorrhagic E. coli causes inflammation, mainly in the colon, via?

Answer 12

verotoxin

Question 13

The primary virulence determinate expression by the causative agent of atrophic rhinitis is?

Answer 13

Pasteurella multocida toxin (A-B toxin)

Question 14

Which of the following bacteria secretes LT and ST enterotoxins?

Answer 14

ETEC

Question 15

protein expressed by bovine leukemia provirus?

Answer 15

p34tax