Module 6 - Viruses - Activity 5

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Activity 5: Practice, Reflect, and Review

Practice

Answer the following questions then check your answer on the web sites:

1. Why is there widespread and frequent influenza? http://www.medicalecology.org/diseases/influenza/influenza.htm
2. Can viruses be prevented by immunization after exposure? http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/564763?src=rss
3. What is the Norovirus and Rotavirus? http://sfwater.org/detail.cfm/MC_ID/13/MSC_ID/166/MTO_ID/298/C_ID/682
4. What effect do viruses have on the unborn infant? Which viruses cause congenital defects? http://www.immunizationinfo.org/immunization_issues_detail.cfv?id=90
5. What are the manifestations of Epstein Barr viral disease? http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/ebv.htm
6. What is the cause, transmission, symptoms, and prevention for yellow fever? http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/yellowfever/
7. What is the enzyme that synthesizes DNA from RNA in HIV? http://www.chemistry.wustl.edu/~edudev/LabTutorials/HIV/DrugStrategies.html

Reflect 

• Add or modify your concept map with what you now know about viruses.
• Make a series of pictures/drawings to show how viruses replicate in the human body.

Collaborate 

• Access the Microbiology community through the WGU portal. The Community has a thread for this section, "Viruses". You can use the tag box to locate this thread. Reply to this thread with what you have learned. Also, answer questions and challenge each other’s ideas by responding to other students.