Multiple choice

Which of the following diseases is/are caused by viruses with single stranded RNA genome?

  1. Rabies
  2. Breakbone fever
  3. Infantile paralysis

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Only 3

  4. Only 2 and 3

  5. All of these
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E Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, it is correct. Rabies virus is a neurotropic virus that causes rabies in humans and animals. These viruses are enveloped and have a single stranded RNA genome with negative-sense. Dengue virus single stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae. Poliovirus is composed of an RNA genome and a protein capsid. The genome is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA genome.

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