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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 ______
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) causes bronchiolitis, and pneumonia lasting 2 weeks in ______
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Coronaviruses can cause mild respiratory tract infections like the common cold, but can also lead to severe diseases like SARS, MERS, and ______-19
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The first identified case of SARS-CoV-2 was in 2012 in ______.
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COVID-19 was first identified in December 2019 in ______-China.
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The SARS virus is transmitted ______.
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The only preventive measure for SARS is ______ prevention.
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The SARS virus can be identified by ______.
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Mortality of SARS is around ______ percent.
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Respiratory Adenovirus is a ______ virus with more than 45 antigenic types
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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 ______
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Inhalation of infected droplets or transferring infectious mucus to nose by contaminated fingers are common routes of ______ for respiratory infections
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Prevention of respiratory infections includes hand washing, avoiding people with colds, and avoiding touching the ______
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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
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