Viral Infections Epidemiology and Detection Quiz
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Adenoviruses are hard to ______

culture

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

ELISA

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

virulence

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Saudi Arabia</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

The SARS virus is transmitted ______.

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

The only preventive measure for SARS is ______ prevention.

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

The SARS virus can be identified by ______.

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

Mortality of SARS is around ______ percent.

<p>10</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>naked, dsDNA</p> Signup and view all the answers

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 ______

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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