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7.1 (p.122-124) and Avian Flu p. 125 Why are viruses not exactly living or nonliving? Outside a host viruses are eventually chemicals that can be stored on a shelf. But when the opportunity arises viruses replicated inside cells and during this period of time they are alive Give some examples of diseases caused by viruses. Rabies aids genital warts genital herpes pox polio What is the basic structure of a virus? (The two parts and their function) All viruses have an outer capsid compose of protein subunits and a nucleic acid core, compose of either dna or rna but not both adenviruses cause colds and influenza viruses cause the flu Why are viruses like microscopic pirates? Cause they say gahrrr a lot. Commandeering the metabolic machinery of a host cell Why are viruses considered parasites? Because they do not live independently Why are viruses considered OBLIGATE parasites? They are obligate parasites and they do not live independently viruses cause disease such as cold flu and other stuff Why do viruses ALWAYS cause disease? Because they are pirates and pirates are mean because they may also contain various enzymes that help it reproduce How do viruses "emerge" and "spread" each year? Give examples. They often come from animals. It can be transported by animals. They are usually transported by insects they they infect helthy peeps

What is a virus vector? Give examples, Many viral diseases are transmitted by vectors usually insects. A disease can emerge when a mutation allows a virus to use a new and different insect vector.. What is the relationship of bird flu to birds? It was transported by birds and it takes hold of the bird and mosquito population. How does bird flu infect humans? If a bird bites you on the full moon of the third week in a month you have 34 hours to inject yourself with root of wolfsbain until you die It jumped to infect humans through saliva feces and mucus. What is a pandemic? It was scary that the the flu might jump to humans. The concern was that it would be highly crazy and easily gotten don’t infect me! Why is there fear that bird flu could cause a pandemic? They didn’t want it to because it would be highly infectious fatal and easily transmitted from person to person. Rapid travel would only speed this up. Pig farmers could also be at risk What action can we take to prevent a bird flu pandemic? Nothing. the virus is constantly evolving. We need to stop it from being transmitted to wild migrating birds.