NBME 23 Enveloped (NBME Answers)

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nbme23/Block 4/Question#18 (54.8 difficulty score)
An investigator is conducting a study to ...
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submitted by drsquarepants(19),

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drsquarepants Chart on slide 22 +6

megaera13 Thank you. Definitely need to note this down somewhere. +2

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submitted by thomasalterman(161),

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docred123 So do these patients have h.Flu? What was the giveaway? Thanks +2

mousie I chose Enveloped simply bc it said dies when heated, not sure if there where any other clues to narrow this down or make me feel more confident in my choice but I went with it anyway +16

eclipse I don't think they expected us to narrow down the answer to a specific virus. Enveloped viruses tend to be less stable (?) than the non-enveloped ones and don't survive as well under harsher environments (outside human's body, heat, etc.) +2

peridot To add on, I also have no idea what virus this could be but the question stem does say "A previously unidentified virus is recovered from urine specimens" making me think that it's not something we're supposed to have know about, unless I'm totally understanding it wrong. +1

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submitted by lamhtu(124),

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submitted by underd0g(11),

My last-ditch reasoning was that SPORES are heat-resistant; therefore enveloped viruses must not be.

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submitted by brise(65),

AKA the reason why covid can be killed with heat! B/c it is enveloped!

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submitted by amy(1),

The non-enveloped virus are tougher than enveloped virus (think HAV and HEV vs HBV)
Heat labile: Microorganism destroyed at 60C Heat stable: Microorganism survive 100C for 1h

In this question, viral infectivity is destroyed at 60C, which mean it is not as tough, so envoloped.