DQ2
COVID-19
Describe the life cycle of the COVID-19 virus.
Please reference some molecular biology information that you have learned in this course.
Here are a few things that you should include in your writeup:
What does the COVID-19 abbreviation mean?
Describe some internal and external structure of the virus (ex. surface proteins, RNA)
What human receptor does the virus attach to and what cell types have these receptors?
How does the COVID-19 virus replicate in a human cell?
Why does is cause such a strong immunological reaction in some people?
How does the virus spread from one individual to another?
How does PCR work if it is an RNA virus?
Describe how mRNA vaccines work
Describe possible sources of the original COVID-19 virus and why does it mutate so fast?
Before you start, please review the document called, “How to Respond to a Discussion Question” located in the Getting Started folder.
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