NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

MICROBIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mammalian viruses capable of starting tumors are
A
oncoviruses
B
chronic viruses
C
syncytia
D
inclusion bodies
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An oncovirus or oncogenic virus is a virus that can cause cancer. This term originated from studies of acutely transforming retroviruses in the 1950–60s, when the term “oncornaviruses” was used to denote their RNA virus origin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Oncoviruses-mammalian viruses capable of initiating tumors.

Detailed explanation-3: -What do Oncogenic viruses do? Cause tumors to develop. An example of a latent viral infection is what? A lytic virus has infected a patient.

Detailed explanation-4: -Morphologic Effects: The changes in cell morphology caused by infecting virus are called cytopathic effects (CPE).

Detailed explanation-5: -Viruses are not composed of cells. Which of the following statements about viruses is FALSE?-Viruses contain DNA or RNA but never both.

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