BIOL 1020 MODULE 6 VOCABULARY
WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS
Acute infection - ANSWER Illness characterized by signs and symptoms that
develop quickly but last a relatively short time
Antigenic shift - ANSWER Major change in a viral surface antigen that render
antibodies made against the previous version ineffective
Arbovirus - ANSWER Arthropod-borne virus; one of a large group of RNA
viruses carried by insects and mites that act as biological vectors
Bacteriophage - ANSWER A virus that infects bacteria; often abbreviated to
phage
Capsid - ANSWER Protein coat surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus
Chronic infection - ANSWER Infection that develop slowly and persist for
months or years
Enveloped virus - ANSWER Characterized by a lipid bilayer surrounding the
nucleocapsid
Generalized transduction - ANSWER A type of horizontal gene transfer occuring
when a phage carries a random piece of bacterial DNA acquired when a packaging
error occurs during the assembly of phage particles
WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS
Acute infection - ANSWER Illness characterized by signs and symptoms that
develop quickly but last a relatively short time
Antigenic shift - ANSWER Major change in a viral surface antigen that render
antibodies made against the previous version ineffective
Arbovirus - ANSWER Arthropod-borne virus; one of a large group of RNA
viruses carried by insects and mites that act as biological vectors
Bacteriophage - ANSWER A virus that infects bacteria; often abbreviated to
phage
Capsid - ANSWER Protein coat surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus
Chronic infection - ANSWER Infection that develop slowly and persist for
months or years
Enveloped virus - ANSWER Characterized by a lipid bilayer surrounding the
nucleocapsid
Generalized transduction - ANSWER A type of horizontal gene transfer occuring
when a phage carries a random piece of bacterial DNA acquired when a packaging
error occurs during the assembly of phage particles
