Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
Mrs. Hammond is a 79-year-old woman who has been a resident on your floor for the past 5 years. She has been complaining of pain, burning, and tingling on her left side. Today, you observe fluid-filled blisters wrapping around the left side of her torso in a single line. The physician diagnoses her with shingles and places her on contact precautions.
-The bacteriophage multiplication cycle is similar to that of an animal virus with the exception of uncoating.Uncoating does not occur because

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Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
  Mrs. Hammond is a 79-year-old woman who has been a resident on your floor for the past 5 years. She has been complaining of pain, burning, and tingling on her left side. Today, you observe fluid-filled blisters wrapping around the left side of her torso in a single line. The physician diagnoses her with shingles and places her on contact precautions.
-The bacteriophage multiplication cycle is similar to that of an animal virus with the exception of uncoating.Uncoating does not occur because

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Bacteriophages inject their nucleic acid into the host cell through a rigid tube, and therefore do not need to undergo uncoating like animal viruses do. Choice A refers to the adsorption stage, while Choices C and D describe mechanisms for entry into the host cell, which are not relevant to the question.

Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question