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What is the definition of a virus?
Describe the structure of a virion
Why are all cells not alike for a specific virus?
What are the basic characteristics of viruses?
What is the symmetry of viruses?
What host cell components do viruses need?
What are Koch's Postulates?
How are viral genomes arranged?
What do viral genomes encode?
Explain why virions are "metastable"
Why do viruses exhibit cubic and/or helical symmetry?
What is the "Red Queen Hypothesis"?
What are the effects of a cytocidal infection?
What are the effects of a persistent, productive infection?
What are the effects of a persistent, non-productive infection?
What are the effects of a transformation infection?
List the stages of the virus replication cycle
Describe mechanisms of cell injury by viruses
How do viruses induce apoptosis in host cells?
What are the 3 components of virus entry?
Give the characteristics of a dsDNA genome
Give the characteristics of an ssDNA genome
Give the charactersitics of ss(+)RNA genomes
Give the characteristics of ss(-)RNA genomes
What is the life cycle of a retrovirus?
What is the life cycle of a hepadnavirus?
What is directional release?
What is the principle of viral evolution?
What are the limits of viral evolution?
What causes antigenic drift?
What causes antigenic shift?
What is the
"Quasispecies Concept"?
Why are most infection inapparent/of no consequence?
What are the responses of the intrinsic defense system?
What are the responses of the Innate immune response?
What is autophagy?
What are examples of PRRs?
What is the common name of IFNa?
What is the common name of IFNb?
Name common ISGs and their effects
Why is the IFN system crucial for antiviral defense?
What are local sentinel cells?
How do NK cells recognize virus-infected cells?
How does the complement
cascade activate inflammation?
How does the complement
cascade activate opsonization?
How does the complement
cascade induce cell lysis?
What are the components of the cell-mediated immune response?
What are the components of the humoral immune response?
What are the mechanisms of virus neutralization?
How do viral proteins modulate
NK cell actions?
How do viruses inhibit humoral immunity?
How do viruses interfere with MHC?
