Viruses to Memorize

Question 1

What is the mechanism of transmission for enteric viruses?

Answer 1

Fecal-oral route

Question 2

What is the mechanism of transmission for respiratory viruses?

Answer 2

Respiratory or Salivary

Question 3

Mechanism of transmission transmits sexually transmitted viruses?

Answer 3

Sexual contact

Question 4

What is the two transmission mechanisms for zoonotic viruses?

Answer 4

1. Vector (such as arthropods)
2. Animal to human directly

Question 5

What type of nucleic acid and outer covering do rabies have?

Answer 5

• Single-stranded (minus strand) RNA
• Enveloped

Question 6

What type of nucleic acid and outer covering do paramyxoviridae have?

Answer 6

• Single-stranded (minus strand)
• Enveloped

Question 7

Which family does the rabies virus belong to?

Answer 7

Rhabdoviridae

Causes rabies

Question 8

List two viruses that belong to the Paramyxoviridae family.

Answer 8

• Mumps virus (mumps)
• Measles virus (measles)

Question 9

What type of virus causes influenza?

Answer 9

Single-stranded (minus strand) and enveloped

Question 10

What is the defining characteristic of retroviruses?

Answer 10

Reverse Transcribing Viruses

Question 11

What type of virus is hepatitis B virus?

Answer 11

DNA and enveloped

Question 12

Which virus belongs to the Retroviridae family?

Answer 12

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Question 13

What type of nucleic acid do human rotaviruses have?

Answer 13

Double-stranded RNA and non-enveloped

Question 14

What is the nucleic acid type of Picornaviridae?

Answer 14

Single-stranded (plus strand) and non-enveloped

Question 15

What type of virus is norovirus and what disease does it cause?

Answer 15

• Single-stranded (plus strand) and non-enveloped
• gastroenteritis

Question 16

What type of virus is associated with Coronaviridae?

Answer 16

Single-stranded (plus strand) and enveloped

Question 17

Which family does the human papillomavirus belong to?

Answer 17

• Papillomaviridae
• Some types cause warts; others cause cancers

Question 18

What is the nucleic acid type and outer covering of Papillomaviridae?

Answer 18

Double-stranded DNA and non-enveloped

Question 19

What type of virus is Herpesviridae and what disease does it cause?

Answer 19

• Double-stranded DNA and enveloped
• Causes chickenpox

Question 20

What belongs to the Herpesviridae family?

Answer 20

1. Herpes zoster virus (chickenpox);
2. herpes simplex viruses (cold sores, genital herpes)

Question 21

What are Enteric Viruses

Answer 21

1. enteroviruses (polio)
2. noroviruses,
3. rotaviruses (diarrhea)

Question 22

Common viruses for Respiratory

Answer 22

1. influenza,
2. measles,
3. rhinoviruses (colds)

Question 23

Common viruses for Sexually Transmitted

Answer 23

1. herpes simplex virus type 2 (genital herpes)
2. HIV

Question 24

Commoon Zoonotic viruses with vector

Answer 24

1. West Nile encephalitis;
2. Zika virus disease,
3. dengue fever

Question 25

Common Zoonotic viruses no vector

Answer 25

1. Rabies
2. Cowpox

Question 26

What belongs to the Orthomyxoviridae family?

Answer 26

• Influenza Virus

Question 27

What belongs to the Hepadnaviridae family?

Answer 27

• Heptatitis B virus

Question 28

What are the characteristics of a Retroviridae?

Answer 28

• RNA
• Enveloped

Question 29

What belongs to the Reoviridae family

Answer 29

• Human Rotaviruses (Diarrheal Disease)

Question 30

What belongs to the Picornaviridae family?

Answer 30

1. Polioviruses (poliomyelitis)
2. Rhinovirus(colds)
3. Hepatitis A virus

Question 31

What belongs to the Caliciviridae family and causes gastroenteritis?

Answer 31

• Norovirus

Question 32

What belongs to the Coronaviridae family

Answer 32

1. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS),
2. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS)