This main part of a virus protects the Nucleic Acid
What is the Capsid
100
These Viruses contain RNA instead of DNA
What are Retroviruses
100
This viral disease was declared eradicated in the year 1980
What is smallpox
100
First used in 1796, this process involves injecting a weakened strain of the virus into an organism, stimulating the immune system to develop cells and proteins to destroy the virus should it enter the organism.
What are Vaccinations
100
What kind of parasite are viruses considered
Obligate Intracellular Parasites
200
The fact viruses contain this chemical is one of the points towards viruses being alive
What is DNA
200
This Replication cycle involves the virus remaining dormant for years
What is the Lysogenic Cycle
200
This viral Disease is responsible for at least 35 million deaths, according to WHO
What is HIV
200
These make up the third-most level of defense against virsus
What are antibodies
200
This man was an English physician who pioneered the worlds first vaccine, the smallpox vaccine
Who is Edward Jenner
300
This term is used to describe why viruses can only affect certain organisms
What is Viral Specificity
300
A Virus needs these to help replicate
What are cells
300
The name of the first virus ever discovered
What is the tobacco mosaic virus
300
This major organ is a major feature of the first line of defense against Viruses
What is the skin
300
What is the point of the third stage of the Lytic Cycle according to Moodle
To produce copies of DNA and produce Capsids
400
Viruses can infect these three types of cells
What are Animal,Plant,Bacteria
400
These special viruses use bacteria as hosts
What are Bacteriophages
400
This viral disease is transmitted through rodent urine, droppings, and saliva
What is Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
400
This special name is given to the cells which create antibodies
What is B Cell
400
These cells protect the body be engulfing and digesting harmful pathogens
What are Phagocytes
500
At 440 nm, this Virus is currently holds the spot for third largest known virus
What is the Megavirus
500
This enzyme is used by viruses to form DNA
What is Reverse Transcriptase
500
This virus contain at least 200 different strains, and can lead to the development of pneumonia
What is The Common Cold
500
These proteins are produced by infected cells to mask the proteins in other cell membranes
What are Interferons
500
name one of the three countries Polio is still transmitted in