How Viruses Work
How many ways is there for a virus to infect the host?
There is 2 ways.
An infectious particle made of DNA/RNA covered in protein.
What is a virus?
This virus originated in Africa and the global outbreak started in 2013.
What is ebola?
A virus that is long term is a ___ house guest.
What is permanent?
An infectious particle that makes host cells burst.
What is a lytic infection?
This virus is normally transmitted by an infected animal's bite.
What is rabies?
A protective outer coat of a virus.
What is a lipid envelope?
A virus that infects bacteria.
What is a bacterio phage?
What is a prophage?
This virus was discovered in the early 1980's and has since killed as many as 32 million people worldwide.
What is HIV?
Known as the smallest virus.
What is the circovirus?
A virus can stay & take what it needs to kill the host and leave is described as a ___.
What is a bad house guest?
What is a prion?
This virus was the cause of the most recent severe pandemic (other than covid-19).
What is the Spanish Influenza?
What is the Latin meaning of virus?
A virus infecting host in any way is ____ ____ for the host.
What is not good?
A phage combines DNA into host cell DNA to pass on a prophage to the daughter cells.
This was what caused the Influenza virus to take over the body.
What is H1N1 with avion genes?
Known as the biggest virus.
What is the mimivirus?