Supplemental Quiz

1. Why is smallpox thought to be a likely weapon of bioterrorists? Are there additional reasons resulting from the recent eradication of the virus from the current worldwide list of infectious diseases?

2. DNA viruses pose an additional problem to eukaryotic hosts in addition to the cytopathic effects and potential cell lysis. Explain their role in latency, chronic infection and mutational events leading to cancer.

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