Covid-19, an enveloped virus, cause a pandemic

consider the following terms:  Envelope Fusion Gene therapy Pathogen Vaccine Capsule Decomposer Epidemic Mold Spore Yeast Choose 2 terms from the list and answer the following questions for each term:   What familiarity and prior knowledge do you have about the term?  What does the term mean in everyday language to everyday people? Use examples to help describe your thoughts. How do people use the word? What does the term mean in technical language to biologists?  How is the term related to the course student learning outcome: Describe classifications of biological diversity? What are the similarities and differences between the everyday and technical meanings and uses of the term? What impact might the similarities and differences have on your learning of biology concepts in this course?

What actions described in the video do you think are similar to the COVID-19 threat today and why? What efforts by the government or other officials actually made the 1918 pandemic worse? Are any of these same actions occurring today? What is most shocking to you about the events described in the video about the 1918 pandemic? Are any of those shocking events now occurring in a similar way in response to COVID-19?

Match the terms below to the specific virus/prion example that we have discussed in class: prions, SARS- COV-2, Influenza, or HIV. Some terms may be used for more than one of the four. For ease, use the numbers to associate rather than writing out entire terms. 1. Naked protein 2. Enveloped 3. +ssRNA genome 4. -ssRNA genome 5. ssRNA → dsDNA genome 6. Segmented RNA 7. RNA dependent RNA polymerase 8. Reverse transcriptase 9. Neurodegenerative disease 10. Pneumonia 11. Immunodeficiency 12. Severe inflammation 13. Scrapie 14. White blood cells 15. Respiratory epithelial cells 16. Brain & spinal tissue cells 17. Budding 18. Hemagluttinin 19. Gp120/41 20. Neuraminidase 21. PrP 22. Antigenic shift 23. Antigenic drift 24. Retrovirus 25. Integrase 26. PrEP 27. Provirus 28. CD4/CCR5 receptors 29. Protease 30. Covid-19 31. VCJD 32. AIDS 33. Remesdivir 34. Tamiflu 35. Fusion inhibitors 36. Dexamethosone 37. Relenza 38. Integrase inhibitors 39. Regeneron 40. Nucleoside analogs 41. Xofluza 42.…

This article highlights a young doctor at Elmhurst Hospital during the beginning of Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Zikry is quoted as saying: “It’s become very clear to me what a socioeconomic disease this is...”. In addition, the textbook discusses the personal variables and socioeconomic status (SES) that are used to find patterns in disease (pp.112-118).   What do you think Dr. Zikry meant by referring to the SES of his patients? Why was it important to find a pattern of personal variables and SES among the of victims of Covid-19 at the beginning of the pandemic?

What is the continuous challenge that the influenza virus presents toscientists and public health officials? How can they use technology and work together to meet this challenge

In 2006, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of bacteriophage preparation that can be used on ready-to-eat meat and poultry products to kill Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that causes listeriosis. Some people may have concerns about the use of phages in foods. From what you have learned about bacteriophages and viruses, why do you think we do not have to be concerned about the presence of bacteriophages in food?

Can Cytomegalovirus (CMV) release any toxicant? What I mean is if the virus perform any kind of chemical rection while inactive like when it is in the environment releasing toxins or when is active inside the host such as inside the human body?

A microbiologist obtained two pure biological samples: one of a virus, and the other of a viroid. Unfortunately, the labels had been lost. The microbiologist felt she could distinguish the two by analyzing for the presence or absence of a single molecule. What molecule would she search for and why?

You are working as a virologist for the CDC. In your work you spend much time searching for new viruses found to be infecting Gram Negative organisms to hopefully be able to use them to treat wastewater at wastewater treatment facilities. Which of the following are you searching for? helminths HIV prions bacteriophages viroids