The First Documentation of a Viral Infection Causing Oncogenesis Was

question 31

Multiple Choice

The first documentation of a viral infection causing oncogenesis was established with

• A)Rous sarcoma virus in chickens.
• B)Epstein-Barr virus in Burkitt's lymphoma.
• C)hepatitis B in liver cancer.
• D)HIV in humans.
• E)human papilloma virus in cervical cancer.

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Definitions:

Logistic Growth

Population increase that results in an S-shaped curve; growth is slow at first, steepens, and then levels off due to environmental resistance.

Ecology

Study of the interactions of organisms with other organisms and with the physical and chemical environment.

Environmental Resistance

The combined physical, chemical, and biological limiting factors that restrict the growth, abundance, or distribution of an organism or a population within an environment.

Communities

Social groups of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.