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what role do you see for molecular genetics and associated techniques in addressing the exceptions to the postulates?
Design of antiviral drugs.Antiviral drugs must be designed in a different way to that used for antibiotics
Describe the elements of humoral and cellular immunity that are involved in immune responses to viral infections.
It also discusses how spread of the virus can be controlled, and the current status of the pandemic.
Give an example of a drug targeted to another phase of the virus life cycle, and briefly describe how it functions.
Identify the organs of the immune system and their respective functions.
Include in your answer comparisons and contrasts between the 2 types of cycles.Why would one not find temperate RNA phages?
Consider one human viral disease you would like to report on. Write a report on your chosen human viral disease.
How would your body react in a specific way to a viral invasion?Describe how memory cells contribute to immune protection?
Pathogens circumventing host cellular immune defenses.Summarize how pathogens circumvent host cellular immune defenses,
What virulence factors are important in establishing a Salmonella infection?
Discuss in some detail the set of effectors developed by Yersinia sp. To ensure their survival in the human host.
Which group of viruses is the most common cause of viral foodborne disease?
Indigenous foodborn viral diseases.Explain which of the BELOW foodborne diseases are considered not indigenous to the U.S. & why?
Which form of hepatitis causes appreciable death loss in pregnant women?
What species is the most common source of virus in foodborne disease and what measures might be taken to reduce the risk
Why are insect transmitted viruses (arboviruses) silent infections in animal hosts but not in humans?
Using named examples compare and contrast viral evolution via antigenic drift and via antigenic shift.
HIV as a potential health threat.Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is described as being a pandemic already
How retroviruses cause cancer.A number of tumors from inbred animals such as mice and chickens show associated retroviruses
Discuss at least four types of organisms that can cause parasitic diseases in the human being.
Why are viruses not considered alive? In the explanation, include the criteria that must be met for something to be considered alive.
Lastly, why antibacterials are not used to destroy viruses is examined, and by extension, the differences between bacteria and viruses leading to this fact
Describe the three different types of locomotion.Compare and contrast humoral and cellular immunity.
Why are antibiotics ineffective at destroying viruses?Why are antibacterials not used to destroy viruses?