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Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
short synthetic nucleic acid strands that are complementary to part of an essential viral mRNA They bind specifically to the viral mRNA, effectively preventing it from being translated into protein.	Antisense antiviral drugs
Influenza virus requires action of viral enzyme __ to release new viruses from host cell. Blocking THIS is an effective way to treat influenza.	neuraminidase
Drugs that inhibit __ have been developed to treat HIV and other retroviruses.	integrase
Viruses with large DNA genomes usually encode their own __ for DNA replication. __ are the target of many currently available antiviral drugs	DNA polymerase
CORONAVIRUS attack two types of lung cells	1 goblet cells (mucus coach) 2 ciliated cells (filter out pathogens)
2 main test for coronavirus	1. PCR based test (very accurate) (takes 20min to few hours) 2 Serology tests or antibody test (less accurate)(fast)
One type of white blood cell release chemicals that attract other white blood cells to the site of the infection. release chemicals that cause other white blood cells to multiply	helper T cells
One class of antiretroviral medication disrupts the HIV infection process by preventing the virus from attaching to your cells.	entry or fusion inhibitors
Other classes of antiretroviral medications include:	■ reverse transcriptase inhibitors ■ protease inhibitors ■ integrase inhibitors.