VMC-0081
QUESTION
Latency is a typical feature of?
OPTIONS
(A) Herpesviridae
(B) Adenoviridae
(C) Circoviridas
(D) Paramyxoviridae
ANSWER
(A) Herpesviridae
EXPLANATION
Latency, in which viral genomes persist in host cells with little or no productive virus production and can later reactivate, is a hallmark of herpesviruses. Therefore option A is correct; adenoviruses, circoviruses, and paramyxoviruses do not classically establish the characteristic lifelong latent infections of Herpesviridae.
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