NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
Question
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How large are viruses?
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100-150 nm
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300-600nm
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20-200 nm
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10-100nm
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -1. Viruses are Small in Size. The smallest of viruses are about 20 nm in diameter, although influenza and the human immunodeficiency virus have a more typical size, about 100 nm in diameter.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mimivirus is the largest and most complex virus known.
Detailed explanation-3: -The physically largest virus is Pithovirus sibericum, at 1.5 microns (or 1, 500 nanometers) in length [2]. Though that might seem tiny, it is larger than some bacteria, and approximately half the width of a strand of spider web silk [3].
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