MEDICINE MCQ
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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Question
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Viruses that often attack bacteria cells, often look like little spacecraft.
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True
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False
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Only in New Mexico
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -For eons, bacteria have battled particularly tiny viruses called bacteriophages, or phages for short, which infect and kill bacteria but leave humans and other animals alone.
Detailed explanation-2: -Phages, formally known as bacteriophages, are viruses that solely kill and selectively target bacteria.
Detailed explanation-3: -All viruses are obligate parasites; that is, they lack metabolic machinery of their own to generate energy or to synthesize proteins, so they depend on host cells to carry out these vital functions. If an obligate parasite cannot obtain a host it will fail to reproduce. Q.
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