Shingles, or herpes zoster, is caused by the virus that also causes
A) cold sores.
B) chickenpox.
C) smallpox.
D) molluscum contagiosum.
E) warts.
B
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An infection that develops while being treated at a hospital or medical facility is called a(n)_____ infection
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Human birth rate peaked in the 1980s and has been slowly declining ever since. How is this expected to affect our population size over the next several decades?
A) The human population size will begin to decline. B) The human population size will continue to increase, but not as fast as before. C) The human population size will level off. D) The human population size will continue to increase at the same rate it has for the past 100 years.
Which of the following produces the cellulose-digesting enzyme (cellulase) in a cow's digestive tract?
A) Gallbladder B) Cells lining the small intestine C) Pancreas D) Liver E) Microorganisms in the rumen
HIV is a human retrovirus that integrates into the host cell's genome and will eventually replicate, produce viral proteins, and ultimately escape from the host cell. Which of the following proteins is not encoded in the HIV genome?
(a) reverse transcriptase (b) envelope protein (c) RNA polymerase (d) capsid protein