Question

Public health scientists discover and become concerned about a new strain of RNA virus among farm animals, especially geese and pigs, in the Midwest. Each virion is composed of lipid, helical proteins, and multiple pieces of RNA. This new virus may be a(n) ___ (A) Influenza virus(B) Hepatitis B virus(C) Nipahvirus(D) Flavivirus

Answer 1

Answer: Influenza virus.

Explanation:

Influenza virus is generally found among farm animals, pigs, geese in the midwest. The common symptoms that can be seen in this type of infection is high fever, runny nose, muscle pain, et cetera.

They are made of viral envelope containing two glycoproteins which is wrapped around central core.

The central core of the Viron contains RNA genome and other proteins in it.