Pathology EMQ

Name: Emily Mei        

Theme: Pandemic Flu

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Furin	I	Increased viral load
B	a2,3SA receptors	J	Tamiflu
C	Antigenic drift	K	H5N1 strain
D	Honeycrunch Monster	L	Sialic acid
E	Amantidine	M	Goblet cells
F	Antigenic shift	N	Chicken
G	Duck	O
H	Clara Tryptase	P

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1.  Influenza hemagglutinin binds to it, so that virus gains entry in to the cells of the upper respiratory tract

 

2.  Antiviral which is a Neuroaminidase inhibitor

 

 

3. When two different viruses undergo reassortment to produce a new subtype with a mixture of the “parental” viral surface antigens

 

 

4. Restricted to the lungs, it cleaves viral HA, so that viruses can “bud” out of polarised epithelial cells

 

 

5. The natural reservoir of influenza A viruses

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. L

2. J

3. F

4. H

5. G