Pathology EMQ

Name: Jonathan Messing

Theme: Pandemic Flu

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	DNA helicase	I	Neuraminidase
B	DNA transcriptase	J	NS1
C	Haemagglutinin	K	PB1-F2
D	Integrin A1	L	RNA Polymerase
E	Lamin	M
F	M1	N
G	M2	O
H	N-acetylneuraminic acid	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.  has a binding pocket for sialic acid to allow cell entry

 

 

2.  the most immunogenic part of the influenza virus

 

 

3. comes in tetramers for foreign cell exit, cleaves sialic acid

 

 

4. Tamiflu and Relenza are inhibitors of this

 

 

5. Gene predisposing host to secondary bacterial pneumonia. Spanish flu had this gene, but Swine flu did not.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. C

2. C

3. I

4. I

5. K