Objective: This assignment will enable students to understand viral life cycles, treatment, epidemiology by exploring a specific virus. They will be able to apply this specific knowledge to the general concepts of virology.
Sign up for a virus. Using the textbook, internet or other sources, answer the following questions about your specific virus. Type your answers in a different dark color so they stand out.
Questions:
- Virus name:
- Virus family:
- Is this virus naked or enveloped?
- What type of genetic information does this virus carry? (dsDNA, ssDNA, dsRNA, (-)RNA, (+)RNA)
- Describe the life cycle of a virus. Include all five steps (you may give the generalized virus life cycle).
- Discuss the host range of your virus.
- Discuss the routes of transmission of your virus and how it can be controlled.
- What treatments/preventative (vaccines), if any, are available.
- Any other interesting facts about your virus?
- References/Source Materials:
