Covid-19, an enveloped virus, cause a pandemic

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.…

A public health physician isolated large number of phages from rivers used as a source of drinking water in western Africa. They physician is very concerned that humans might become ill from drinking this water, although she knows that the phages specifically attack bacteria. Why is she concerned?

Norovirus is an extremely contagious virus that can quickly spread through schools. What steps can be taken to prevent transmission?