Viral Infections

Question 1

Name the smallest obligate intracellular pathogen, with no organized cellular structure?

Answer 1

VIRUSES

Question 2

Viruses consist of what, surrounding a nucleic acid core?

Answer 2

PROTEIN COAT
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CAPSID

Question 3

Are viruses capable or incapable of replication outside a living cell?

Answer 3

INCAPABLE

Question 4

A virus will attach to a host cell, enter it, and then release what?

Answer 4

GENETIC MATERIAL

Question 5

How do viruses work?

Answer 5

VIRUS TAKES CONTROL OF CELL, REPLICATING VIRUS
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HOST CELL WILL USUALLY DIE
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DEATH RELEASES VIRAL REPLICATIONS
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OTHER CELLS BECOME INFECTED

Question 6

Some viruses leave their genetic material in the host, where it remains ___________.

Answer 6

DORMANT

Question 7

Name the 3 major viral invasion routes?

Answer 7

1. NASAL and RESPIRATORY
2. ORAL and GASTROINTENSITAL
3. BLOOD and BODILY FLUIDS

Question 8

Name the body’s two responses to viral infections?

Answer 8

INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE
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IMMUNE RESPONSE

Question 9

Which response of the body to viral infection includes vascular congestion and leakage of exudate?

Answer 9

INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE

Question 10

Which response of the body to viral infection includes a collection of lymphocytes in infected tissue?

Answer 10

IMMUNE RESPONSE