Viral Infections and Antiviral Drugs
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What is the primary target tissue for Influenza virus?

  • Nervous system cells
  • Respiratory epithelial cells (correct)
  • Intestinal lining cells
  • Glandular cells
  • What is the primary target of HIV infection?

  • Respiratory epithelial cells
  • Intestinal lining cells
  • Glandular cells
  • CD4 T lymphocytes (correct)
  • What is the mechanism of action of neuraminidase inhibitors like Oseltamivir and Zanamivir?

  • They inhibit the release of newly formed virions from host cells. (correct)
  • They interfere with viral nucleic acid synthesis.
  • They prevent attachment and fusion with the host cell membrane.
  • They inhibit viral penetration into host cells.
  • Which type of virus can develop latency in the innervating neuron?

    <p>Herpes simplex viruses (HSV)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Viral infections can only replicate outside of a living host cell.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which step of viral replication involves the synthesis of late structural proteins (capsid)?

    <p>Assembly &amp; release from host cell</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The eclipse cycle includes the synthesis of late structural proteins such as capsid.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    HSV can replicate in mucoepithelial cells and then develop latency in the innervating neuron.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    HIV primarily infects CD4T lymphocytes.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Neuraminidase inhibitors like Oseltamivir and Zanamivir target the synthesis of early regulatory proteins in viral replication.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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