Exam 65: Viruses in Human Disease

Match the virus with its symptoms and disease state. -Genital

Adenoviruses are responsible for causing diseases such as keratoconjunctivitis, pneumonia, hemorrhagic cystitis, and gastroenteritis in children.Transmission is usually via:

Hantavirus classified in the Bunyaviridae family is transmitted via:

An 8-month-old female infant is admitted to the emergency department in respiratory distress on Christmas Eve.A nasopharyngeal aspirate is obtained and sent to the laboratory on ice for analysis.The most probable organism that would be isolated is:

The term used to describe a virus that causes a global outbreak of serious illness of which little natural immunity exists and that has sustained person-to-person transmission is:

Hemagglutinin and neuraminidase are surface glycoproteins associated with what family of viruses?

A 36-year-old woman is on a cruise ship and later develops nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea.She is most likely suffering from which virus?

A 45-year-old man living in the western United States begins experiencing headache, fever, and body aches, which he attributes to the flu.His symptoms, however, become worse, and he later develops kidney disease and acute respiratory failure.He is most likely infected with which virus?

Match the disease with the corresponding Picornavirus. -Herpangina

Match the disease with the corresponding Picornavirus. -Myocarditis

Match the virus with its symptoms and disease state. -Shingles

Which of the following highly contagious viruses is a single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA)virus with a helical capsid and envelope and is transmitted by coming in contact with respiratory secretions?