L1- Emerging and re-emerging viral diseases

Question 1

What is zoonotics?

Answer 1

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Question 2

What are the key stages of virus emergence?

Answer 2

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Question 3

What are the steps of zoonotic diseases?

Answer 3

-amplification
-control

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Question 4

What factors can lead to viral emergence?

Answer 4

-animal reservoir
-vector-borne

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Question 5

What are the stages of the emergence of pandemic zoonotic diseases?

Answer 5

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Question 6

How do viruses jump species?

Answer 6

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Question 7

What is the RNA virus quasi-species model of evolution?

Answer 7

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Question 8

What are the determinants of species jumps?

Answer 8

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Question 9

Describe the structure of coronaviruses.

Answer 9

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Question 10

Discuss the animal origins of human coronaviruses

Answer 10

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Question 11

Describe the structure of flaviviruses. What diseases do they cause?

Answer 11

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Question 12

What are the two transmission cycles of vector-borne flaviviruses?

Answer 12

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Question 13

What can be done to prevent epidemics and pandemics?

Answer 13

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