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Food Micro Lab Final Exam

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Define virus.   An obligate intracellular parasite.  
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T or F: Viruses can only replicate with a host cell.   True  
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T or F: Viruses have their own metabolic capacity.   False  
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The genome of a virus is surrounded by a ____ protein layer.   capsid  
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Name thee human enteric viruses.   Norovirus, Hepatitis A, Astrovirus, Rotavirus  
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T or F: Viruses prefer alkaline pH.   True  
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Name two ways which viruses are concentrated.   Ultrafiltration, 10%PEG6000 + 0.3 M NaCl precipitation  
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How are viruses analyzed?   Plaque assay or harvest RNA for qRT-PCR  
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What are three methods for human norovirus detection?   Electron microscopy, RT-PCR, enzyme immunoassay  
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T or F: Electron microscopy can distinguish between strains of viruses.   False  
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____ is the method of choice for detecting low virus titers.   RT-PCR  
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T or F: RT-PCR can distinguish between virus genogroups.   True  
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What are four desirable characteristics for norovirus detection methods?   Sensitive and specific, rapid results, can be used for detection and genotyping, works on a variety of sample types, can distinguish between infectious and non-infectious  
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The ISO/CEN method can quantify what viruses?   Hepatitis A and norovirus  
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T or F: There is no standardized methods for the diagnosis of enteric viruses.   True  
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Name two traditional ligands for human norovirus recognition.   Monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal sera  
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Name three novel ligands for human norovirus recognition.   Single chain monoclonal antibodies, peptide antigens, nucleic acid aptamers, HBGA  
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Single chain antibodies are often concentrated and purified to use in ____.   EIA  
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Quantification of viruses is done using ____.   RT-PCR  
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Low levels of viruses can lead to variation of up to __ log.   1  
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T or F: Viruses in foods are evening distributed.   False  
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T or F: There is no regulatory microbiological data available for viruses.   True  
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Infectivity assays reduced ____ and increases _____.   inhibitors, sensitivity  
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T or F: Infectivity assays can be used to grow norovirus.   False  
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Laboratory growth of viruses requires ____ cells.   host  
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