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HIV
________ is an example of a virus responsible for an emerging disease: a new illness that suddenly affects significant numbers of individuals in a host population.
Drugs
________ that interfere with viral infection or replication are called antivirals.
animal cells
In viruses that infect ________, the dormant state is called latency.
AIDS
________ is an affliction caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Physicians
________ and researchers use the term epidemic (literally,"upon- people) "to describe a disease that rapidly infects many individuals over a widening area.
CD4
Although ________ is necessary for HIV attachment, the viral genome will not be uncoated unless the virion also binds to a second membrane protein, a co- receptor.
Helper T cells
________ are crucial to the immune systems responses to invading pathogens.
HIV
Like other viruses, ________ parasitizes specific types of cells- most notably, the helper T cells of the immune system, which is the bodys defense system against disease.
Viruses that reverse
transcribe their genome in this way are called retroviruses ("backward-viruses")
HIV is an example of a virus responsible for an emerging disease
a new illness that suddenly affects significant numbers of individuals in a host population
lateral gene transfer
picking up genes from one organism and shuttling them to another organism of the same species or even a different species
epidemic
to describe a disease that rapidly infects many individuals over a widening area
pandemic
An epidemic of worldwide scope
co-receptor
the viral genome will not be uncoated unless the virion also binds to a second membrane protein
antivirals
Drugs that interfere with viral infection or replication
RNA replicases
function as RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
reverse transcriptase
the genome transcribed from RNA to DNA by a viral enzyme
emerging disease
a new illness that suddenly affects significant numbers of individuals in a host population
Latency
In viruses that infect animal cells, the dormant state is called ___.
