A phage with the following life cycle will be called as:
1. Temperate
2. Virulent
3. Prophage
4. Prion
Identify the incorrect statement regarding the novel corona virus [2019-nCoV]:
1. It is a double-stranded RNA coronavirus
2. The virus is thought to have a zoonotic origin
3. Human-to-human transmission of the virus has been confirmed
4. Mode of transmission is through respiratory droplets from coughs and sneezes
An earlier treatment of pituitary dwarves with the pituitary extracts of cadavers was frequently fatal as the recipients developed:
1. CJD
2. Scrapie
3. BSE
4. Kuru
Identify the correct statement regarding prions:
I. They are misfolded proteins with the ability to transmit their misfolded shape onto normal variants of the same protein
II. They act very fast with a very short incubation period
III. They are virtually indestructible
1. Only I and II
2. Only I and III
3. Only II and III
4. I, II and III