Answer the following questions true (T) or false (F)

1. People with genes for a form of hemoglobin known as hemoglobin C are at risk of fatal malaria disease.

2. Staphylococcus aureus is part of the upper respiratory microbiome.

3. Haemophilus influenzae is a common cause of sinus infections.


1. FALSE

2. TRUE

3. TRUE

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What will be an ideal response?

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Lentiviral vectors are preferred over adenoviral vectors because ________

A) the inserted DNA forms episomes, which prevent insertion mutations B) the inserted DNA cannot be reproduced when cells divide C) the lentivirus cannot infect nondividing cells D) they do not have to be engineered by taking out their replicative genes

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A person carrying one gene for sickle-cell hemoglobin will be resistant to Plasmodium infection.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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