Hantaviruses quiz

More questions about Hantaviruses

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1. 1 Easy

   In which part of the world has hantavirus spread between people?

   Answer: South America

   Why: Outbreaks in Argentina and Chile confirmed that Andes virus can spread between close human contacts, unlike other hantaviruses.

2. 2 Medium

   Which Hantavirus is mainly carried by the bank vole in Europe?

   Answer: Puumala virus

   Why: It causes nephropathia epidemica, the milder kidney form of the disease, and Finland records Europe's highest infection rate per head.

3. 3 Hard

   From which host organelle do Hantaviruses typically acquire their envelope?

   Answer: Golgi apparatus

   Why: Old World hantaviruses bud into the Golgi, but New World ones like Sin Nombre and Black Creek Canal mature at the cell surface instead.

4. 4 Easy

   When was Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome first identified in North America?

   Answer: 1993

   Why: An unusual cluster of respiratory deaths in the Southwest led CDC researchers to discover the responsible hantavirus within months.

5. 5 Medium

   What is the geometric shape of the Hantavirus nucleocapsid?

   Answer: Helical

   Why: The RNA is wound into a flexible coil of protein rather than packed inside a rigid shell, which is why the particle has no fixed shape.

6. 6 Hard

   Which Hantavirus protein is responsible for viral RNA synthesis?

   Answer: L protein

   Why: It doubles as a pair of scissors, snipping caps off host messenger RNA to prime its own transcripts, a trick borrowed rather than built.