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Because viruses are not bacteria, ? aimed at disrupting prokaryotic cells do not work on them
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antibiotics
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Many ? drugs block virus replication by targeting one of the steps in the viral life cycle
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antiviral
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Antiviral drugs are designed to target one of the steps in the ? life cycle.
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viral
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A naturally occurring compound that shows some potential for treating and preventing viral infections is ?
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Interferon
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Vaccines stimulate ? by helping to produce the ? cells that are ready to fight the virus when it shows up.
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immunity
memory |
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There are other non-cellular infectious agents like ? which is the smallest infectious particle.
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prions
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? are known as the peer pressure protein.
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prions
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Prions are non-cellular infectious ? with a long period of ?
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proteins
latency |
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Prions form as deposits of protein ? in the brain tissue, build up and never get broken down.
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fibrils
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Spongiform encephalopathise like sheep scrapie,CJD, Gerstmann-Strassler-Scheinkery syndrome, fatal familial insomnia and mad-cow disease all acculmalate in the ?
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brain
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PrPc is the normal cellular ? protein on the cell surface.
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prion
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PrPsc is ? protein which accumulates in brain cells forming plaques.
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Scrapie
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A prion is ?, which means it can go from one person to another.
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transmissable
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? is also known as the laughing sickness which is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy a.k.a a ? disease of the ? tribe
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Kuru
prion fore |
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? are easily responsible for several billion infections each year.
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viruses
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It is conceivable that many chronic diseases of unknown cause will eventually be connected to ? agents.
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viral
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Other noncellular agents of disease are the ? which are not viruses at all but they are ? fibers
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prions
protein |
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Extremely small lengths of protein coated nucleic acid are ?
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viroids
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? viruses require larger viruses to cause disease.
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satellite
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? infections are difficult to treat because the drugs that attack the viral replication cycle also cause serious side effects to the ?
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Viral
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