Infection

Infectious diseases are caused by:

• Bacteria
• Viruses
• Fungi or parasites
• All of the above

SARS stands for:

• Severe acute respiratory syndrome
• Serious acute respiratory syndrome
• Severe active respiratory syndrome
• Serious active respiratory syndrome

Which of the following illnesses are caused because of family of Coronavirus

• SARS
• COVID
• MERS
• EBOLA

Which type of virus has higher mutation rates, thus making it is difficult to detect and make effective vaccines:

• RNA virus
• DNA virus
• retroviruses

Virus mutation is a process where:

• original virus reproduces to created incorrect copies of itself
• two or more different type of virus combine to create a different type of virus.
• Both are correct

A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. When not inside an infected cell it is an independent particle and hence considered non-living.

• True
• false

Viruses can infect all types of life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea.

• True
• false

Notable human diseases caused by RNA viruses include:

• Herpes
• Rabies,
• Polio,
• Measles.

Herpes is a type of

• Bacterial infection
• Viral Infection
• Fungal Infection
• Small worm infection

Serious bacterial diseases include:

• Tuberculosis,
• Cholera,
• Typhoid
• Tetanus
• All of them