There are clues in the symptoms that this is flu--4-day high fever, myalgia, malaise, lack of appetite; also his family is sick.
But, another good clue is that the organism replicates within the cell's nucleus. (For my Sketchy micro folks! Influenza is an orthomyxovirus, enveloped, negative-sense RNA virus. This is the picture of the dentists office and in the fish tank there are octopus babies inside the helmet--i.e. replication in the nucleus.)
Other answers:
Poliovirus--> symptoms more likely to include decreased muscle strength/paralysis or (aseptic) meningitis like symptoms
Rabies virus--> would likely include history of exposure to bats, raccoons, skunks; key symptoms: agitation, photophobia, hydrophobia, hypersalivation
Reovirus--> rotavirus is a common reovirus; therefore, there would be a history of secretory diarrhea
RSV--> this is usually a disease of children <2 y/o
Vaccinia virus--> this is a poxvirus and would cause a rash
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There are clues in the symptoms that this is flu--4-day high fever, myalgia, malaise, lack of appetite; also his family is sick.
But, another good clue is that the organism replicates within the cell's nucleus. (For my Sketchy micro folks! Influenza is an orthomyxovirus, enveloped, negative-sense RNA virus. This is the picture of the dentists office and in the fish tank there are octopus babies inside the helmet--i.e. replication in the nucleus.)
Other answers:
Poliovirus--> symptoms more likely to include decreased muscle strength/paralysis or (aseptic) meningitis like symptoms
Rabies virus--> would likely include history of exposure to bats, raccoons, skunks; key symptoms: agitation, photophobia, hydrophobia, hypersalivation
Reovirus--> rotavirus is a common reovirus; therefore, there would be a history of secretory diarrhea
RSV--> this is usually a disease of children <2 y/o
Vaccinia virus--> this is a poxvirus and would cause a rash