The host cell bursts in this part of the replication cycle
What is lytic
100
Sneezing on a doorknob, and your friend touches the doorknob to get an infection is known as what type of contact?
What is indirect
100
What is a vaccine
What is preparation of a weakened germ to stimulate immunity
100
what is the unit of measurement for virus size?
What is nanometers.
viruses range from 20-400 nanometers
200
Viruses are living or non-living....
List one reason why
What is non-living
-answers vary
200
In order to inject DNA or RNA into the host cell, there needs to be a match between what?
What is host cell's protein membrane, and the viroid protein
200
Describe the rate of infection as a result of direct and indirect contact in a population
What is exponential
200
Name one component of 1st line of defense in the body
What is mucous membrane, skin, stomach, mucous membrane
200
The Tobacco mosaic virus only infects this type of organism
What is plants: particularly tobacco plants
300
What was the virus model we built in class and what organism does in infect?
What is bacteriophage and it infects bacteria
300
When a virus's genetic material is incorporated into the host cell's genetic material, this is called a
What is prophage
300
Name some examples of indirect contact
What is touching a doorknob, drinking contaminated water, etc.
300
What is a component of 2nd line of defense in body?
What is helper t cells, b cells, killer t cells, memory cells
300
What did the yarn represent in your bacteriophage model?
What is RNA/DNA
400
A helical structured virus has what shape?
What is cylindrical
400
What is an advantage of the lysogenic cycle?
What is "Many more viruses can be made, viral genome passed onto future generations"
400
what are methods to prevent the spread of a disease?
What is wear protective gear: mask, gloves, etc. Sneeze into elbow, stay home when sick, quarantine yourself
400
what is the role of antibodies?
What is clump germs together so macrophages can easily destroy/eat them
400
What is herd immunity?
What is the resistance to the spread of a contagious disease if a sufficiently high proportion of individuals are immune to the disease, especially through vaccination.
500
Influenza is known as what type of virus? It contains what type of genetic information
What is retrovirus, contains RNA
500
What is an advantage of lytic cycle?
What is replication of new virus is fast
500
What is a common animal vector that can carry disease?
What is mosquitos, fleas, ticks, mites (insects in general)
500
Why is it easier for your body to fight an infection the 2nd time around
What is memory cells remember the pathogen and trigger a defense quicker
500
What is the difference between strep, common cold, and flu?
What is strep is a bacterial infection treated with antibiotics, common cold is viral/symptoms alieviated with meds, flu is viral/symptoms alleviated by meds/prevented with a vaccine.