ross river virus

Question 1

RRv

Answer 1

rna virus caused by a viral infection

Question 2

RRV mode of transport

Answer 2

• indirect transmission
• transmitted via a female mosquito and cannot be transmitted from person to person
• female mosquito feed on animals and humans and if they feed on infected animals the mosquito will carry the virus
• the virus multiplies within the host and can then be transmitted within the host and can then be transmitted when the mosquito feeds again on another animal

Question 3

RRV disease symptoms

Answer 3

• joint pain
• arthritis
• fatigue
• muscular pain
• fever
• rash

Question 4

RRV life cycle

Answer 4

1. the virus lands on the cells surface and is engulfed by the cell membrane
2. viral core is released into the host cell
3. viral ran released and instructs the cell to make a new viral rna and protein
4. new viral surface proteins are made by the cell
5. new viral components collect and assemble at the cell membrane
6. new virus particles bud off from the cells surface and leaves via exocytosis