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T/F: all helical viruses are enveloped

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True

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T/F: all naked viruses are icosahedral

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True

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Which viral protein is responsible for evasion of host defense?

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Antigenic (serotypic) variants

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Lipid membrane is acquired as the virus exits from the cell in the process called

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Budding

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5
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All enveloped viruses acquire envelope from plasma membrane except

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Herpesvirus - from nuclear membrane

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T/F: enveloped viruses are more stable and harder to inactivate

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False

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Infectious/not infectious?: naked nucleic acids of (-) strand ssRNA and dsRNA viruses

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Not infectious

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Infectious/not infectious?: purified nucleic acids of most dsDNA (except poxviruses and HBV)

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Infectious

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Infectious/not infectious?: (+) strand genome ssRNA viruses

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Infectious

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10
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Cause of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

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Prions
Nonpathogenic as alpha-helix
Pathogenic as beta-pleated sheet

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11
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T/F: all viruses are haploid

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False - retroviruses are not haploid

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12
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Viruses with segmented genomes

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BOAR
Bunyaviruses
Orthomyxoviruses (influenza)
Arenaviruses
Reoviruses (Rotavirus)
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Negative-strand RNA viruses

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Always Bring Polymerase Or Fail Replication
Arenaviruses
Bunyaviruses
Paramyxoviruses
Orhtomyxoviruses
Filoviruses
Rhabdoviruses
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14
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When one virus produces a protein that can be used by another virus

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Complementation

Eg. Hepatitis D and B

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15
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2 different viruses infect the same cell

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Phenotypic mixing

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16
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Responsible for causing epidemics

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Genomic ressortment

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17
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Phase in viral growth curve: no virus is detectable

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Phase 2 eclipse period

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18
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Phase in viral growth curve: amount of detectable viruses reached plateau

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Phase 4 latent period

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Phase in viral growth curve: derrangement if cell function –> lysis and cell death, remarkable amplification in number of viral particles

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Phase 5 cytopathic effect

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20
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What are the phases of the viral growth curve?

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Phase 0: entry
Phase 1: decline
Phase 2: eclipse period
Phase 3: rise period
Phase 4: latent period
Phase 5: cytopathic effect
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21
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Phase in viral growth curve: viruses decrease in number but continues to function

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Phase 1: decline

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22
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Visual or functional change in infected cells

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Cytopathic effect

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23
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Oncogenic viruses induce transformation and unrestrained growth

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Malignant transformation

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24
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Infected cells appear normal but are producing large numbers of progeny viruses

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Commensal symbiosis

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25
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Bind cytokines and block their ability to nteract with receptors on their intended targets

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Cytokine decoys

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26
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Reduce the expression of antigen presenting cells and inactivate complement

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Virokines

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27
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Produce viruse for long periods of time and can serve as a source of infection for others

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Carrier state

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28
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Not producing virus at the present but can be reactivated at a subsequent time

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Latent infections

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29
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Long incubation period, often measured in years

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Slow virus infections

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30
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Laboratory diagnosis: definitive

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Complement fixation, hemagglutination inhibition, neutralization, fluorescent-antibody assay, radioimmunoassay, ELISA

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31
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Gold standard in viral diagnosis

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Presence of viral DNA or RNA

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32
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Killed vaccines

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RIP Always
Rabies
Influenza
Polio (Salk's)
hepatitis A
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33
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Recombinant vaccines

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Hepa B

HPV (types 6, 11, 16, 18)

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Live attenuated vaccines

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MMR (only live-attenuated may be given to HIV+ pts)
Varicella
Sabin’s polio
Yellow fever

35
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DNA viruses

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DNA viruses are HHAPPPPy viruses
Hepadna, Herpes
Adeno
Pox, Parvo, Polyoma, Papilloma

36
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The only DNA virus with a single-stranded DNA

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Parvovirus (parvovirus B19)

37
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All DNA viruses have a LINEAR DNA..EXCEPT:

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Papilloma
Polyoma
Hepadna

38
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The only DNA virus that do not have an icosahedral symmetry

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Poxvirus - complex

39
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The ONLY DNA virus that replicated outside the nucleus

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Poxvirus - because it cannot penetrate the nuclear membrane

40
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Parvovirus are transmitted via

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Respiratory drolets

Transplacental

41
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Chronic B19 infection in immuodeficient patients can cause

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Pancytopenia

42
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The only virus with pentofiber

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Adenovirus

43
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Adenovirus infection in the GUT

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Hemorrhagic cystitis

44
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Parvovirus B19 histopath finding

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Cowdry type B intranuclear inclusions

45
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Naked virus with ds circular DNA, icosahedral nucleocapsid, infects squamous cells and induce formation of cytoplasmic vacuoles (koilocytes)

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Human papilloma virus

Papovaviridae

46
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HPV: encode proteins that inactivate tumor suppresor genes

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Gene E6 and E7

47
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HPV of skin and plantar warts

48
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HPV in condylomata accuminata, respiratory tract papillomas; most common viral STD

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HPV 6 and 11

49
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HPV in carcinomas of the cervix, penis and anus

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HPV 16, 18, 31 and 33

50
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HPV treatment for genital, skin and plantar warts

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Genital warts: podiohyllin
Skin warts: liquid nitrogen
Plantar warts: salicylic acid

51
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2 types of viral symmetry

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Spherical/ icosahedral

Helical

52
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This drug is an immune disease modifier approved to treat actinic keratosis, superficial basal cell carcinoma and condylomata accuminata

53
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HSV 1&2 site of latency

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HSV 1: trigeminal ganglia

HSV 2: lumbosacral ganglia

54
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Large, pink to purple intranuclear inclusions which can be found in adenoviruses and herpes sinolex viruses

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Cowdry type A inclusions

55
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Tzanck smear: multinucleated giant cells

56
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Tx HSV that can shorten duration of lesions, reduce extent of shedding with no effect on the latent state

57
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Dewdrop on rose petal appearance incubation period

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Varicella 14-21 days

58
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Ramsay Hunt Syndrome involves which ganglion and cranial nerve

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Geniculate ganglion

Facial nerve - paralysis

59
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Culture medium of CMV

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Shell tubes

60
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Most common cause of congenital abnormalities especially in the 1st trimester

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CMV

Congenital CMV infection

61
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Microcephaly, seizures, deafness, jaundice, blue berry muffin baby

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Congenital CMV infection

62
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DOC for CMV

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Ganciclovir

63
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Patient presents with fever, sore throat, lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly. Athlete is made to stop sports due to a rare but possible complication of

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Splenic rupture
Infectious mononucleosis/ kissing disease
CMV

64
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African man with unilateral facial asymmetry

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Burkitt’s lymphoma

CMV

65
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Associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma manifesting with dark purple flat to nodular skin lesions appearing at multiple sites

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Human Herpesvirus-8

Tx: surgery, radiation

66
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What is the brick-shaped poxvirus with linear dsDNA showing what intracytoplasmic eosinophilic inclusions?

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Variola virus
Smallpox
Guarnieri bodies

67
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Intracytoplasmic eosinophilic inclusions in molluscum contagiosun

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Henderson-peterson bodies

68
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Tx of molluscum

69
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Interpret:
HBsAg positive
Anti-HBs negative
Anti-HBc negative
HBeAg positive
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Incubation period

70
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Interpret:
HBsAg positive
Anti-HBs negative
Anti-HBc positive IgG
HBeAg negative
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Chronic carrier

71
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Interpret:
HBsAg negative
Anti-HBs positive
Anti-HBc negative
HBeAg negative
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Vaccinated

72
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Interpret:
HBsAg positive
Anti-HBs negative
Anti-HBc positive IgM
HBeAg positive
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Acute infection

73
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Interpret:
HBsAg negative
Anti-HBs negative
Anti-HBc positive IgM
HBeAg negative
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Window period

74
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Interpret:
HBsAg negative
Anti-HBs negative
Anti-HBc positive IgG
HBeAg positive
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Chronic active

75
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Interpret:
HBsAg negative
Anti-HBs negative
Anti-HBc positive IgM
HBeAg negative
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Complete recovery

76
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HepB infection is associated with which autoimmune vasculitides

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Polyarteritis nodosa

77
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HepB treatment

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Interferon- alpha

Lamivudin

78
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All RNA viruses have single-stranded RNA except

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Reovirus and Rotavirus

79
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All RNA viruses replicate in the cytoplasm except

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Influenza

Retrovirus

80
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All Picornaviridae viruses are transmitted via oro-fecal except

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Rhinovirus

Microbiology II (4 decks)

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