A patient is being admitted for treatment of a viral infection. Which diseases should the nurse recognize as being caused by a virus? (Select all that apply.)

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Measles, shingles, and infectious mononucleosis are all caused by viruses. Measles is caused by the measles virus, shingles by the varicella-zoster virus (the same virus that causes chickenpox), and infectious mononucleosis is most commonly caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. Gonorrhea is caused by a bacterium (Neisseria gonorrhoeae), trichomoniasis by a protozoan parasite (Trichomonas vaginalis), and infections by Candida albicans, a type of fungus, are fungal in nature.

A Patient Is Being Admitted for Treatment of a Viral