The mechanisms that reoviruses have evolved to evade the host immune system include ALL of the following EXCEPT

a. capping and methylation of virus mRNAs by viral enzymes.
b. genome replication within the nucleocapsid.
c. the use of host nucleotides for RNA synthesis.
d. denaturing of proteolytic enzymes in host lysosomes.


Answer: D

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