Multiple choice

Which of the following viral diseases are caused by RNA viruses?

  1. Measles
  2. Mumps
  3. Chickenpox
  4. Smallpox

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 1 and 3

  3. 1 and 4

  4. 2 and 3

  5. 2 and 4
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Explanation

This is the correct answer. Measles (also known as rubeola) is caused by the measles virus, a single-stranded, negative-sense, enveloped RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus within the family Paramyxoviridae. Mumps virus is a single-stranded, negative-sense, enveloped RNA virus and a member of the Paramyxovirus family.

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