Step I Memorizing Envelope, +/- strand, single/double strand ??

[Kobebucsfan]

good idea to memorize or is that low yield ?

 

[Transposony]

It's HY and there are some basic rules (with few exceptions).
For example, Herpes viruses are ds DNA viruses and enveloped viruses are more fragile and cannot survive the bile in GUT.
Therefore, enveloped viruses tend to infect the respiratory tract and non-enveloped the GI tract.
Other than that you have to memorize the unique characteristics of HY viruses i.e. HIV, Hepatitis, Parvovirus, Papillomavirus etc.

 

[tasar1898]

Sketchy micro was AMAZING for these... I watched it once like 2 weeks ago and still remember everything

 

[worldbeater]

I thought these topics were a waste of time initially, but they are all over UWorld, so definitely find a way to learn them.