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How does interferon help virus infected cell?
Interferons are messenger molecules secreted by virus-infected cells to notify cells in the vicinity of a viral invasion.
What substance produced by virus infected cells diffuses to neighboring cells to help them fight a viral infection?
Interferon
blood cells?
your red blood cells are infected by the H1N1 and are welcomed in with their receptors and take over the cell and produce more viral agents to destroy more red blood cells
How do interferons help your immune system?
protects cells that have not yet been infected by viruses
Discuss several ways to prevent viral infection?
One way your body can stop viral infections is by making interferons. (Interferons= are proteins that are produced that are produced rapidly by virus-infected cells and move to noninfected cells in host). Antiviral drugs can be given to infected patients to help fight a virus.- This answer is correct i got it out of a book"Life's Structure and Fuction" A National Geogaphic.
Viral infection transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal are called?
These diseases are called viral zoonoses.
Is rabies a viral infection?
Rabies is a viral disease in animals which can be transmitted through a bite from the infected animal.
How do interferons provide a defense against viruses?
When a cell is infected with virus it sends out an interferon to warn other cells around it to stop transcription and translation and to produce antiviral proteins
What is plant viral diseases?
Just like we humans can get the flu, plants can become infected by viruses or viroids. They seize control of the cells, making copies of themselves and spreading throughout the plant.
What is the process in which viral capsids are removed within the infected cell?
uncoating
Why is chronic viral hepatitis B considered such a serious condition?
After being infected with acute viral hipatitis B, chronic infection develops in 90% of infants infected by their mothers at birth, 30% of children infected between ages1 and 5 years and 6% of individuals infected after age 5 years.
Do HIV infected individuals have an increased risk of acquiring viral hepatitis?
Yes it does.
