Unit 2 Exam Terms

Question 1

Study of Viruses

Answer 1

• aid in disease prevention
• understand fundamentals of host biology

Overall:
- simple but big impact
- evolved to interact w/ control points in our cells
- learn about ourselves via viruses

Question 2

Zoonotic infections

Answer 2

an infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans (or from humans to animals)

Question 3

Virus spreading horizontally vs vertically

Answer 3

horizontally
- individual to individual

vertically
- mother to child