Give an example of a rod-shaped virus.

The final unit of this course focuses on the connection between epidemiology and the COVID-19 pandemic. You have read about the pandemic and our current understanding of the disease. You are also aware of how the virus spreads from person to person. For your discussion assignment: Discuss how COVID-19 has impacted you or your community. In your response, discuss any interactions you have had with public health agencies or epidemiologists. For example, were there posters or advertisements that you saw with guidance on how to avoid COVID-19? What do you see as the largest impact of the pandemic on your local region or country?

Please match the definition. 1. Layers that surround the virus, giving it an exact shape that will interlock with the host cell. 2. Process where a virus inserts its DNA into and replicates with the host cell's genetic material (does not destroy cell). 3. Non-living particles that reproduce inside a living cell. 4. The genetic material (DNA or RNA) inside a virus. 5. Process by which a virus enters a host cell, uses its raw materials and energy to create new viruses, which then burst from the host cell (destroying it) and spread. The answer choices are is on the picture.

Viruses cannot be grown on any inanimate culture medium. Explain.