Virus

Question 1

What is a virion?

Answer 1

Outside the host cell, the virus particle. They are metabolically inert

Question 2

What is viral replication?

Answer 2

Multiplication of virion

Question 3

What are the four steps for viral replication?

Answer 3

1. Attachment
2. Penetration
3. Replication
4. Synthesis
5. Assembly
6. Release

Question 4

What is budding?

Answer 4

when the enveloped virus moves towards the cell membrane and forces themselves through the cell membrane

Question 5

Lytic Cycle

Answer 5

The replication process where the host cells die

Question 6

Lysogenic Cycle

Answer 6

Virus remains active for long period without replicating in the host cell (HIV uses this)

Question 7

What are the two types of vaccines?

Answer 7

Inactivated virus and attenuated virus

Question 8

What is attenuated virus?

Answer 8

Live virus that is reduced by multiple passaging the virus into cells that are not a natural host for that virus

Question 9

What is inactivated virus?

Answer 9

dead virus, killed using chemical agents

Question 10

What are two DNA viruses?

Answer 10

Chickenpox and Smallpox