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What is a common characteristic of viruses?
What is a common characteristic of viruses?
- Being able to multiply outside of living cells
- Being too large to pass through filters
- Being seen with an ordinary light microscope
- Being an obligate intracellular parasite (correct)
What do viruses contain?
What do viruses contain?
- Either a RNA or DNA genome (correct)
- Both RNA and DNA genome
- Only RNA genome
- Only DNA genome
What is true about the composition of viruses?
What is true about the composition of viruses?
- They contain polysaccharides
- They contain small ions
- They do not contain lipids
- They may or may not contain lipids (correct)
What is the shape of some viral capsids?
What is the shape of some viral capsids?
What is the status of viruses in terms of living or nonliving?
What is the status of viruses in terms of living or nonliving?
What do viruses depend on for propagation?
What do viruses depend on for propagation?
What is the size range of viruses?
What is the size range of viruses?
What is the primary function of the capsid?
What is the primary function of the capsid?
Why are viruses considered obligate intracellular parasites?
Why are viruses considered obligate intracellular parasites?
What is the term for the process by which a virus acquires its envelope from the host cell membrane?
What is the term for the process by which a virus acquires its envelope from the host cell membrane?
What is the function of the genetic information in a virus?
What is the function of the genetic information in a virus?
What is the term for viruses that contain only the viral nucleic acid and the capsid?
What is the term for viruses that contain only the viral nucleic acid and the capsid?
What is the role of virally encoded proteins in the viral envelope?
What is the role of virally encoded proteins in the viral envelope?
What is the term for the individual subunits that make up the capsid?
What is the term for the individual subunits that make up the capsid?
Which of the following viruses is an example of a double-stranded DNA virus?
Which of the following viruses is an example of a double-stranded DNA virus?
What is the characteristic of a viral genome that is unsegmented?
What is the characteristic of a viral genome that is unsegmented?
What are the two basic structures of the capsid?
What are the two basic structures of the capsid?
What is the primary function of the capsid in a virus?
What is the primary function of the capsid in a virus?
What type of nucleic acid can be found in a virus genome?
What type of nucleic acid can be found in a virus genome?
What is the term for the genome surrounded by a capsid?
What is the term for the genome surrounded by a capsid?
What is the origin of the lipid component of a viral envelope?
What is the origin of the lipid component of a viral envelope?
What is the purpose of the spikes on a virus?
What is the purpose of the spikes on a virus?
What is the term for the smaller subunits that make up a capsid?
What is the term for the smaller subunits that make up a capsid?
Which virus is responsible for causing encephalitis?
Which virus is responsible for causing encephalitis?
What is the name of the virus that causes pharyngitis?
What is the name of the virus that causes pharyngitis?
Which virus causes gingivostomatitis?
Which virus causes gingivostomatitis?
What is the name of the virus that causes cardiovascular infections?
What is the name of the virus that causes cardiovascular infections?
Which virus causes hepatitis?
Which virus causes hepatitis?
What is the name of the virus that causes skin infections?
What is the name of the virus that causes skin infections?
Which virus causes pneumonia?
Which virus causes pneumonia?
What is the name of the virus that causes myelitis?
What is the name of the virus that causes myelitis?
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