Viral Infections Epidemiology and Detection Quiz

Adenoviruses are hard to ______

The best approach to detection of Adenoviruses is through ______ and Antibody assays in patient serum

Influenza viruses include type A, B, and C; Type A has the greatest ______

Antigenic drift occurs every few years in both Influenza type A and B, while Antigenic shift only occurs in type ______

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) causes bronchiolitis, and pneumonia lasting 2 weeks in ______

Coronaviruses can cause mild respiratory tract infections like the common cold, but can also lead to severe diseases like SARS, MERS, and ______-19

The first identified case of SARS-CoV-2 was in 2012 in ______.

COVID-19 was first identified in December 2019 in ______-China.

The SARS virus is transmitted ______.

The only preventive measure for SARS is ______ prevention.

The SARS virus can be identified by ______.

Mortality of SARS is around ______ percent.

Respiratory Adenovirus is a ______ virus with more than 45 antigenic types

The symptoms of Adenoviral Pharyngitis include fever, very sore throat, severe cough, swollen lymph nodes of neck, pus on tonsils and throat, conjunctivitis, and less frequently ______

Inhalation of infected droplets or transferring infectious mucus to nose by contaminated fingers are common routes of ______ for respiratory infections

Prevention of respiratory infections includes hand washing, avoiding people with colds, and avoiding touching the ______

The pathogenesis of respiratory infections involves virus attachment to respiratory epithelium, spread to adjacent cell, ciliary action ceases, mucus secretion, inflammatory reaction occurs, infection stops by ______ and antibody production