luS SCavenger Hunt: Use the home page of the Virus Explorer and the various vira
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luS SCavenger Hunt: Use the home page of the Virus Explorer and the various viral characteristic tabs across the top to answer the questions below. a. What is one difference between the rabies virus and the influenza virus? b. Of the nine viruses shown, which is the only one that infects plants? c. What are three characteristics that adenoviruses, T7 virus, and papillomaviruses have in common? d. Recently, Zika virus has been in the news. Treatment of it is of particular concern. Why? e. Which two viruses infect all the vertebrates included in the interactivei? f. Of the nine viruses shown, which is the only one that infects bacteria? g. List four characteristics that h common. (Be specific.) Published September 2016Explanation / Answer
a. One diffference between rabies and influenza viruses is,rabies virus is rod like or cylindrical in shape while the influenza virus is spherical.
b. TMV or tobacco mosaic virus infects plants
c. The three have a naked icosahedral structure, has double stranded (ds) DNA
d. Zika virus infects humans and other primates Ades mosquito is its carrier and transmitter. It causes microencphaly and other neurological defectss in the fetus of infected mother. Its occurrencce has been quite widespread in the tropical and till now no vaccine is available.
e. Adeno and Papiloma virus infect all vertebrates
f. T7 bacteriophage only infects bacteria
g. linear, ss RNA genome, affects humans, enveloped virus are the ccommon features
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