Foundations in Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 25.L1, Problem 9MCQ
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Retroviruses are RNA viruses, meaning that their genetic material is RNA. In their hosts however, the genetic material is DNA.
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Foundations in Microbiology
Ch. 25.1 - Prob. 1ELOCh. 25.1 - Understand what is meant by antigenic shift and...Ch. 25.1 - Prob. 3ELOCh. 25.1 - Prob. 4ELOCh. 25.1 - Prob. 5ELOCh. 25.1 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 25.1 - What is unusual about the genome of influenza...Ch. 25.1 - Explain how antigenic shift and drift differ and...Ch. 25.1 - Explain the course of infection and disease and...Ch. 25.1 - Explain generally how flu vaccines are prepared....
Ch. 25.1 - Prob. 6CYPCh. 25.1 - Prob. 7CYPCh. 25.2 - Recall the enveloped viruses possessing a...Ch. 25.2 - Prob. 7ELOCh. 25.2 - Prob. 8ELOCh. 25.2 - Prob. 9ELOCh. 25.2 - Describe the structural characteristics common to...Ch. 25.2 - Describe the steps in the production of...Ch. 25.2 - Prob. 10CYPCh. 25.2 - Name two examples of Paramyxovirus and describe...Ch. 25.2 - Prob. 12CYPCh. 25.2 - Summarize the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment,...Ch. 25.2 - Describe the epidemiological cycle in rabies.Ch. 25.2 - Which animals in the United States are most...Ch. 25.2 - Prob. 16CYPCh. 25.2 - Prob. 17CYPCh. 25.3 - Prob. 10ELOCh. 25.3 - Understand the epidemiology, diagnosis, and...Ch. 25.3 - Prob. 12ELOCh. 25.3 - Summarize the transmission and pathology of the...Ch. 25.3 - Prob. 18CYPCh. 25.3 - Prob. 19CYPCh. 25.3 - Prob. 20CYPCh. 25.3 - Prob. 21CYPCh. 25.3 - Prob. 22CYPCh. 25.3 - Outline a typical course of hepatitis C infection,...Ch. 25.4 - Prob. 14ELOCh. 25.4 - Describe the pathology of arboviral disease.Ch. 25.4 - Prob. 16ELOCh. 25.4 - Name several activities that increase the risk of...Ch. 25.4 - Prob. 25CYPCh. 25.4 - Prob. 26CYPCh. 25.4 - How is the cycle of the viruses maintained in the...Ch. 25.4 - Describe the symptoms of the encephalitis type of...Ch. 25.4 - Prob. 29CYPCh. 25.5 - Prob. 17ELOCh. 25.5 - Prob. 18ELOCh. 25.5 - Describe the structural features of the human...Ch. 25.5 - Prob. 20ELOCh. 25.5 - Prob. 21ELOCh. 25.5 - Prob. 22ELOCh. 25.5 - Prob. 23ELOCh. 25.5 - Prob. 24ELOCh. 25.5 - Prob. 25ELOCh. 25.5 - Understand the purpose of using combination...Ch. 25.5 - Describe the diseases associated with HTLV-I.Ch. 25.5 - What are retroviruses, and how are they different...Ch. 25.5 - Prob. 31CYPCh. 25.5 - Prob. 32CYPCh. 25.5 - Prob. 33CYPCh. 25.5 - Prob. 34CYPCh. 25.5 - Prob. 35CYPCh. 25.5 - Prob. 36CYPCh. 25.5 - Prob. 37CYPCh. 25.5 - Prob. 38CYPCh. 25.5 - List the major opportunistic bacterial, fungal,...Ch. 25.5 - Prob. 40CYPCh. 25.5 - Prob. 41CYPCh. 25.5 - Prob. 42CYPCh. 25.5 - What is the rationale behind the use of HAART...Ch. 25.5 - Prob. 44CYPCh. 25.5 - Prob. 45CYPCh. 25.6 - Prob. 28ELOCh. 25.6 - Describe the range of pathologies seen in...Ch. 25.6 - Prob. 30ELOCh. 25.6 - Understand the epidemiology, diagnosis, and...Ch. 25.6 - Understand why rhinovirus infections are typically...Ch. 25.6 - Describe the epidemiology and pathology of...Ch. 25.6 - Prob. 34ELOCh. 25.6 - Prob. 46CYPCh. 25.6 - Prob. 47CYPCh. 25.6 - Prob. 48CYPCh. 25.6 - Prob. 49CYPCh. 25.6 - What characteristics of enteric viruses cause them...Ch. 25.6 - Prob. 51CYPCh. 25.6 - Prob. 52CYPCh. 25.6 - List several activities that reduce the incidence...Ch. 25.6 - Prob. 54CYPCh. 25.6 - Prob. 55CYPCh. 25.6 - Prob. 56CYPCh. 25.6 - Prob. 57CYPCh. 25.6 - What viruses possess a double-stranded RNA genome...Ch. 25.7 - Prob. 35ELOCh. 25.7 - Prob. 36ELOCh. 25.7 - Prob. 37ELOCh. 25.7 - Describe the characteristics of the agents...Ch. 25.7 - Explain how bovine spongiform encephalopathy can...Ch. 25.7 - Make a flowchart to explain the mechanism of how...Ch. 25.7 - Prob. 62CYPCh. 25.7 - Prob. 63CYPCh. 25.L1 - Which receptors of the influenza virus are...Ch. 25.L1 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 25.L1 - A common, highly diagnostic sign of measles is a....Ch. 25.L1 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 25.L1 - For which disease are active and passive...Ch. 25.L1 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 11MCQCh. 25.L1 - Rhinoviruses are the most common cause of a....Ch. 25.L1 - Prob. 13MCQCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 14MCQCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 15MCQCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 16MCQCh. 25.L1 - During which periods of a measles infection is a...Ch. 25.L1 - Match each of the statement below to measles or...Ch. 25.L1 - Prob. 3CSRCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 1WCCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 2WCCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 3WCCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 4WCCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 5WCCh. 25.L1 - Prob. 6WCCh. 25.L2 - a. Explain the relationship between herd immunity...Ch. 25.L2 - Prob. 2CTCh. 25.L2 - Prob. 3CTCh. 25.L2 - Prob. 4CTCh. 25.L2 - Prob. 5CTCh. 25.L2 - Prob. 6CTCh. 25.L2 - Prob. 7CTCh. 25.L2 - Prob. 8CTCh. 25.L2 - Prob. 9CTCh. 25.L2 - Prob. 10CTCh. 25.L2 - Biopsies from the liver and intestine of an...Ch. 25.L2 - Refer to figures 25.2 and 25.23, and compare and...
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