Case Study: Avian Influenza Outbreak in Nebraska USA

He developed the first vaccine for rabies.

Showed that tobacco mosaic disease was caused by a virus

Isolated the virus that causes foot-and-mouth disease in cattle.

Viruses are considered obligate intracellular parasites because they cannot multiply unless they invade a specific ______ cell

Capsid is constructed from protein subunits called ______

Viruses contain either DNA or ______, but not both

Viruses lack enzymes for most metabolic processes and machinery for synthesizing ______

A naked virus such as _________ releases its nucleic acid through a pore in the membrane.

A large family of viruses that can cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV).

a virus that can transmitted between animals and people.

A new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.

Most viruses are very heat labile and are inactivated within seconds at 56°C, minutes at 37°C, and days at 4°C. They are stable at ______ temperatures.

Viruses vary greatly in their resistance to acidity. Enteroviruses are resistant to acidic conditions, while rhinoviruses are very ______.