Use the Following Information to Answer the Few Questions

question 41

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the few questions.
The herpes viruses are very important enveloped DNA viruses that cause disease in all vertebrate species and in some invertebrates such as oysters. Some of the human ones are herpes simplex (HSV) I and II, causing facial and genital lesions, and the varicella-zoster (VSV) , causing chicken pox and shingles. Each of these three actively infect nervous tissue. Primary infections are fairly mild, but the virus is not then cleared from the host; rather, viral genomes are maintained in cells in a latent phase. The virus can then reactivate, replicate again, and be infectious to others.
-If scientists are trying to use what they know about HSV to devise a means of protecting other people from being infected, which of the following would have the best chance of lowering the number of new cases of infection?

• A) vaccination of all persons with preexisting cases
• B) interference with new viral replication in preexisting cases
• C) treatment of the HSV lesions to shorten the breakout
• D) medication that destroys surface HSV before it gets to neurons
• E) education about avoiding sources of infection

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Definitions:

Conception

The process of becoming pregnant involving an egg being fertilized by sperm, or the moment at which a new, unique organism begins to form.

Zygote

The initial cell formed when a sperm cell and an egg cell combine, marking the beginning of human development.

Sperm

Male reproductive cells or gametes involved in sexual reproduction, carrying genetic information to the ova.

Egg

An organic vessel in which an embryo first begins to develop, commonly consumed as food by humans.