STRUCTURE
The two types of genetic material viruses might have.
DNA
RNA
The type of cells to which HIV attaches.
IMMUNE CELLS
A preventative measure against viral disease that is made of weakened or dead viruses.
VACCINE
An eradicated disease throughout the entire world.
SMALLPOX
What encloses the genetic material of a virus.
CAPSID
The cycle of viral replication that results in the cell’s death.
LYTIC
A type of treatment that is completely ineffective against viruses.
ANTIBIOTICS
A disease once eradicated in the US, characterized as a “summer flu.”
POLIO
What may enclose a capsid in some viruses.
ENVELOPE
LIPID BILAYER
Viral “life” cycle that results in dormant viruses.
LYSOGENIC
Protein secretions by the body that can make cells more resistant to viral infection.
INTERFERON
The type of virus that may cause cervical cancer.
HPV
A virus cannot function without being inside this.
CELL
Virus progeny, or copies, are absolutely identical unless this occurs.
MUTATION
Once the immune system kicks in, immune cells kill both viruses outside the cell and these.
INFECTED CELLS
The disease that results from a reduced immune system due to a particular viral infection (full name!).
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
A part of a bacteriophage that is unique to it.
TAIL
TAIL FIBER
A type of protein that a cell possesses that is required by a virus to replicate.
ENZYME
One of the types of inhibitor used to slow the progress of HIV.
PROTEASE
A type of viral infection that would stay in your body for life.
HERPES