Final Exam Lecture Quizzes

In what ways do viruses differ from other pathogens?

Viruses have no protein structure

The outermost layer of a virion fulfills which of the following functions of the virus?

both protection and recognition

Host specificity of a virus is due to

interactions between viral and cellular surface molecules

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is an example of a ______ disease.

prion

_________are used to culture some vaccine strains.

Fertilized chicken eggs

What is unique about the Hepadnaviridae family of viruses?

They contain both single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA.

Which of the following lesions is a hard, raised sore?

papule

Which of the following poxviruses are zoonoses?

both cowpox and monkeypox

Do all adenoviruses cause mild respiratory disease.

No

Which vaccine-preventable disease caused by an RNA virus has been nearly eradicated?

polio

The common childhood illness called "hand-foot-and-mouth disease" because it causes lesions in these areas is caused by

a strain of coxsackie A virus

Can infection by all influenza strains can be prevented with vaccines?

No

Hepatitis A does not cause

chronic liver disease

The leading cause of viral gastroenteritis in the United States.

Norovirus

Hepatitis A complete recovery occurs what % of time

99