To make a vaccine against mumps, measles, or rabies, which type of viruses would be useful?
A) dsDNA viruses
B) negative-sense ssRNA viruses
C) retroviruses
D) positive-sense ssRNA viruses
E) dsRNA viruses

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Mumps, measles, and rabies are caused by viruses that have negative-sense single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) genomes. Therefore, to make vaccines against these diseases, viruses with negative-sense ssRNA would be useful.

To Make a Vaccine Against Mumps, Measles, or Rabies, Which