Public Health Scientists Discover and Become Concerned About a New

question 15

Multiple Choice

Public health scientists discover and become concerned about a new strain of RNA virus among farm animals,especially geese and pigs,in the Midwest.Each virion is composed of lipid,helical proteins,and multiple pieces of RNA.This new virus may be a(n)

• A) rotavirus.
• B) influenza virus.
• C) hantavirus.
• D) dengue virus.
• E) coronavirus.

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