Antiviral Drug - correct answer drugs that interfere with viral nucleic acid
synthesis
Attenuated Strain - correct answer refers to a preparation of a virus for a
vaccine in which the virus is incapable of causing disease under normal circumstances
Azidothymidine (AZT) - correct answer an antiviral drug inhibits the reverse
transcriptase of retroviruses, such as HIV
Bacteriophage - correct answer a virus that infects bacteria
Capsid - correct answer the protien covering a virus
Envelope - correct answer a membrane-like structure outside the capsid that is
made mostly of lipids and taken from a host cell membrane during replication
Glycoprotein - correct answer a molecule of protein with attached sugar chains
Helix - correct answer a viral shape resembling a coiled spring
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) - correct answer the virus that causes
AIDS
Icosahedron - correct answer a polyedron or capside of a virus with 20
triangular AIDS
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