Viruses

Question 1

Capsid

Answer 1

protective protein coat
-protects and means of attachment

Question 2

Capsomere

Answer 2

proteinaceous subunits that make a capsid

Question 3

Envelope

Answer 3

outer membranous layer made of phospholipid and protein surrounds capsid

Question 4

Glycoprotein (spike)

Answer 4

composed of phospholipids and proteins, virally-coded, host recognition

Question 5

What is a naked virus?

Answer 5

lacks an envelope

Question 6

How do viruses recognize host cells?

Answer 6

Glycoproteins and envelope proteins

Question 7

Virus Reproduction steps:

Question 8

What are the 3 ways a virus enters a host cell?

Question 9

How do naked viruses leave a host?

Answer 9

exocytosis
or by causing the host cell to burst

Question 10

How do enveloped viruses leave a host?

Answer 10

Budding- acquire envelope as it emerges from the host cell plasma membrane

Question 11

Latency

Answer 11

when animal viruses remain dormant in host. may be prolonged

Question 12

Syncytia

Answer 12

giant cells with many nuclei

Question 13

Koplik’s Spots

Answer 13

oral lesions that start 2-3 days after infected with malaria

Question 14

Maculopapular Rash

Answer 14

rash on head spreads to trunk and rest of body.
red patches gradually fade to brown

Question 15

Measles host organisms?

Answer 15

Humans

Question 16

Measles Vaccine: When? How effective?

Answer 16

has reduced spread