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Which virus was used as a model in the study mentioned in the text?
Which virus was used as a model in the study mentioned in the text?
- HIV
- Influenza virus
- Poliovirus (correct)
- None of the above
What effect does ribavirin have on infectious poliovirus production in cell culture?
What effect does ribavirin have on infectious poliovirus production in cell culture?
- Increases it
- Reduces it to 0.00001 percent (correct)
- Has no effect
- None of the above
What is the relationship between the antiviral activity of ribavirin and its mutagenic activity?
What is the relationship between the antiviral activity of ribavirin and its mutagenic activity?
- They are unrelated
- They are inversely related
- They are directly related (correct)
- None of the above
What concept about nucleoside analogs does the study reveal?
What concept about nucleoside analogs does the study reveal?
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Why do RNA viruses like HIV and influenza virus have a high mutation rate of their RNA polymerases with low fidelity for replication?
Why do RNA viruses like HIV and influenza virus have a high mutation rate of their RNA polymerases with low fidelity for replication?
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