Antigenic Shift

question 77

Multiple Choice

Antigenic shift

• A) causes rapid change in the influenza virus.
• B) can result in an influenza strain that the human immune system has not been exposed to.
• C) was responsible for the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
• D) All of the answer choices are correct.

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Definitions:

Recognition

The ability to identify previously encountered events, objects, or people.

Memory Revision

The process of altering or modifying memories, often involving the integration of new information or reinterpretation of existing memories.

Loftus

Refers to Elizabeth Loftus, a prominent psychologist known for her research on human memory, particularly on the malleability of eyewitness memory.

Nondeclarative Memories

Memories that are acquired and retrieved unconsciously, including procedural memories such as how to ride a bicycle.