Modified Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
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Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 25, Problem 2MC
What do viruses in the families Picornaviridae, Caliciviridae, Astroviridae, Coronaviridae, Togaviridae, Flaviviridae, and Retroviridae have in common?
- a. They are arboviruses.
- b. They are nonpathogenic.
- c. They have positive single-stranded RNA genomes.
- d. They have negative single-stranded RNA genomes.
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