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FoodMicroLecture 11
Food Micro Midterm 2
| How do viruses function? | They utilize host cell machinery to replicate an autonomously evolving genome and spread to a new host. |
| What is located in the virus "package"? | Capsid, envelope, structural proteins |
| What is located in the virus "payload"? | DNA, RNA, accessory proteins |
| What are the 4 steps in virus infection? | 1. Virus enters cell body, releases RNA 2. Virus RNA invades the cell nucleus and takes over 3. Viral RNA uses cell machinery to create more virus 4. New viral particles released, sometimes lysing cells |
| T or F: Human enteric viruses are non-enveloped. | True |
| Human enteric viruses are transmitted via the ____-____ route and initiated in the _____. | fecal-oral, intestines |
| What conditions are viruses resistant to different than most bacteria? | Chilling, freezing, preservatives, low pH |
| T or F: Viruses can multiply in foods. | False |
| What genogroups of norvirus can affect humans? | I, II, IV |
| What is the reservoir for norovirus? | Human feces or vomit |
| What is a food source of Hepatitis A virus? | Contaminated shellfish |
| Hepatitis A is mostly spread by ____-____ contact. | person-person |
| T or F: Hepatitis A has a long incubation period. | True |
| Rotavirus can cause _____. | diarrhea |
| Rotavirus commonly affects _____ populations. | infant |
| T or F: A high dose of virus is needed for infection. | False |
| T or F: Norovirus will not grow on human host cells in the lab. | True |
| What are two processing methods to help prevent viral contamination? | HPP, pulsed light UV, cooking, irradiation |
| How does HPP kill viruses? | Denatures their proteins an enzymes; disrupts the permeability of membranes |