Quiz - 7.14 Viral Disease

The disease in which a virus causes painful skin rashes with blisters is called the flu.

• True

• False

How do viruses cause human disease?

• They cause disease without killing the host cells.

• They cause host cells to burst open and die.

• They disrupt homeostasis in host cells.

• All of these

There are multiple strains of the influenza virus

• True

• False

When a disease can spread from animals to humans, it is called zoonosis.

• True

• False

What body system would a SARS virus infect?

• Digestive

• Nervous

• Respiratory

• Reproductive

How is Ebola spread?

• air

• blood

• mosquitoes

• water

What is a type of virus that can cause hemorrhagic fevers?

• Ebola virus

• Marburg virus

• Influenza

• BOTH Ebola virus AND Marburg virus

A viral cancer is likely to develop only after a person has been infected with a virus for many years.

• True

• False

SARS is a severe acute respiratory _____.

• Syndrome

• System

• Symptom

• None of these

Scientists that investigate a disease outbreak and look for its cause are called _____.

• Microbiologists

• Biotechnologists

• Biochemists

• Epidemiologists