BIOS 242 Week 6 Assignment; Pick Your Pathogen - Rubella Virus

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BIOS 242 Fundamentals Of Microbiology With Lab

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Chamberlain

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Pick Your Pathogen: Week 7 Assignment Student Name Chamberlain College of Nursing BIO 242: Microbiology April 17th Pick Your Pathogen: Week 7 Assignment Rubivirus Rubellae otherwise known as the Rubella Virus is a systemic virus infection that is only passed through humans via the respiratory route. The causative agent of Rubella is a globular, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA with spike-like hemagglutinin containing surface projections, according to (Mawson, 2019). The virus circulates when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Rubella can also be spread if a woman becomes infected while pregnant. She can pass this virus along to her growing baby and that can cause significant harm. Rubella travels via the respiratory tract but can affect different aspects of the body, such as the skin, lymph nodes, joints, placenta and fetus (Hunt, 2016). After contracting Rubella, the virus reproduces nearby in the epithelium leading to viremia and then will spre

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