Viral Structure
Made of proteins and covers the virus.
What is a protein capsid?
This type of reproduction cycle allows for symptoms to appear quickly within days of infection.
What is the lytic cycle?
Most effective way to prevent the spread of viruses.
Vaccinations
A living organism that is required for viruses to reproduce.
What is a host?
Structures that surround the virus so that it can attach to a host cell.
Surface Markers
Required by all cells in order to reproduce.
A host cell.
Common virus that follows the lysogenic pathway and destroys T helper cells and the antibodies they produce.
What is the HIV Virus?
A protein shell that covers the genetic material of a virus.
What is a capsid?
2 types of genetic material found inside a virus
DNA and RNA
The 2 purposes of all viruses
1. Destroy the host cell.
2. To reproduce
The purpose of vaccines are to allow your body to make ______
What are antibodies?
Projections that surround the virus so that it can attach to a host cell.
What are surface markers?
A piece of the host cell's membrane that becomes a part of the cell.
This viral reproduction cycle has a period where DNA can remain dormant and symptoms can take a long time to appear in the host.
What is the lysogenic cycle?
Viral infections are never treated with
What are antibiotics
DNA and RNA are examples of
What is a nucleic acid or genetic material?
The 2 characteristics that viruses have in common with cells.
1. They are both able to reproduce.
2. They both contain genetic material.
The viral reproductive cycle that causes the cell to swell with new copies of the virus so much that it bursts.
What is the lytic cycle?
An outbreak that effects the entire world is called a
What is a pandemic?
Something that causes an infection is called a