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Viruses can replicate only inside the cells of their ___________.

• nucleus

• capsid

• host

• vector

Viruses can infect our cells but aren’t technically ___________.

• alive

• pathogens

• virulent

• serious

Vaccines and some ______________________ drugs are used to control and prevent the spread of viral diseases.

• antibiotic

• vector

• sulfa

• anti-viral

____________ induce the body to build immunity to a disease without actually causing the disease itself.

• Vaccines

• Antibiotics

• Epidemics

• Parasites

An ___________ is a type of medication that either kills or inhibits the growth of bacteria.

• injection

• antibiotic

• anti-inflammatory

• analgesic

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Why are some bacterial infections difficult to treat with antibiotics?

• The bacteria are eukaryotes and require fungicides rather than antibiotics.

• The bacteria are protected by the host cell from the antibiotics.

• The bacteria are too small to be destroyed by the antibiotics.

• The bacteria are resistant to the antibiotics.

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Why are people who may have contracted a rare disease quarantined?

• to allow the disease to grow and reproduce.

• to study the genetic material of the disease.

• to develop a cure for the disease

• to prevent the spread of the disease

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Alan noticed that his foot itched between his toes after coming home from the gym. He now believes he may have contracted athlete’s foot.

What type of pathogen most likely caused this possible infection of his foot?

• bacterium

• fungus

• virus

• capsid

Which best explains how a virus affects other organisms?

• Viruses increase the survival of other organisms.

• Viruses immediately destroy all cells they come in contact with.

• Viruses live and reproduce in between the cells of other organisms.

• Viruses invade the cells of other organisms, using them to reproduce.

A doctor prescribed an antibiotic to treat an illness. Which type of illness would this medication treat?

• cancer

• heart disease

• viral infection

• bacterial infection