A 34-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department Due to 5

question 221

Multiple Choice

A 34-year-old man comes to the emergency department due to 5 days of progressive anorexia, nausea, and abdominal pain.  The patient is a known hepatitis B carrier.  He admits to using IV drugs and has shared needles with other drug users on several occasions.  His temperature is 37.7 C (99.9 F) .  Examination shows scleral icterus and mild, tender hepatomegaly.  Laboratory studies are notable for highly elevated levels of liver aminotransferases and serum bilirubin and also show the following results: This patient's chronic infection assists which of the following life cycle aspects of the current infectious agent?

• A)Coating of viral particles
• B)Integration into host genome
• C)Intracellular survival
• D)Replication of viral RNA
• E)Translation of viral transcripts

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