The virus known as H1N1 (swine flu)

Which of the following is a trait that both HPV and HIV share? A.Both have an RNA genome B.Both undergo reverse transcription C.Both integrate into the genome D.Both can cause cancer

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Imagine you are the coronavirus living in New York City. You thought the best place to find the most people would be at the New Year’s Eve party. List all the  entry ways you could use to enter the humans at this party and what obstacles you expect to encounter along the way

When an arthropod bites and injects a pathogen into the new host, this route of infection is called___  a. biological vector b. direct contact  c. chemical route of infection

Match diseases to information about them: COVID 1. Observed in fossils of dinosaurs and early mammals Ebola 2. Signs of infection in 2.2 million year old Australopithecus Malaria 3. Shifted into humans around the 1940s Brucellosis 4. Zoonotic transmission from bats HIV 5. Evolved multiple times to infect humans, from primate sources Cholera 6. Evolved reduced virulence after sanitation improvements Tumors 7. Evolved increased transmissibility

You are a scientist raising two colonies of mice that are identical except for their exposure to germs. Specifically, the first colony contains mice that have been exposed to germs and the second contains mice that are germ-free. Which of the following is a difference you should expect to observe between these colonies of mice? a.Germ-free mice have more motor activity b.Germ-free mice have reduced food intake c.Germ-free mice display less anxiety d.Germ-free mice have more active immune systems Clear my choice

Lyme disease:  _____ disease caused by _____ transmitted by the bite of ticks that live on mice and deer. a. non-inflammatory; virus b. non-inflammatory; bacteria c. inflammatory; virus d. inflammatory; bacteria e. none of the above

Which of the following imaginary pieces of information does not represent a proportion or a %?   a. 80 out of 100 residents of a city own a car   b. One-thirds of a class session will be utilized for group exercises   c. 70% of students in a university are undergraduates   d. For every 100 vaccinated kids in a city, there are at least five who are not vaccinated

In many viral diseases such as smallpox, and mumps, illness occurs shortly after exposure to the virus. In others such as, AIDS, the victim may not show any symptoms for many years. How would you explain the difference between the two situations>