Poliovirus-Flamingo Breeding Pool

Question 1

What is the major cause of viral meningitis

Answer 1

Enteroviruses

Question 2

What sense strand and nucleic acid is Poilioirus

Answer 2

RNA positive sense strand

Question 3

What is the status of the nuclear envelope on the Poliovirus

Answer 3

Naked, so there is no envelope

Question 4

Which family does Poliovirus belong to

Answer 4

Enterovirus in the Picornavirus family

Question 5

What allows the poliovirus to be the fecal oral route of transmission

Answer 5

Acid labile

Question 6

Where does the poliovirus replicate

Answer 6

Peyer’s patches in the ileum and takes about 2-3 weeks

Question 7

Once replicated, where does the poliovirus infect

Answer 7

The anterior horn of the lower motor neuron cell bodies

Question 8

What is the clinical presentation and cause of death for poliovirus

Answer 8

Presents with paralysis, aseptic meningitis, myalgia, and respirator insufficiency due to paralysis of diaphragm

Question 9

What are the characteristics of the Salk vaccine

Answer 9

Killed injected vaccine

Question 10

What are the characteristics of the Sabin vaccine

Answer 10

Live attenuated

Question 11

What is the characteristic of the paralysis caused by poliovirus

Answer 11

Asymmetrical