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How do viruses multiply and what diseases you can can get from them?
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There are currently 20 families of viruses that infect humans. There are two additional viruses (Hepatitis D and Hepatitis E) which have not yet been assigned to a families but are clearly distinct from the other families infecting humans.
Viruses replicate inside cells by hijacking strands of RNA to duplicate themselves.
See the related link for more details on viral diseases.
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Do Most DNA viruses multiply in the host cell's cell membrane?
No, DNA viruses multiply in the host cell's nucleus, while most RNA viruses multiply in the host cell's cytoplasm
Do viruses cause disease?
Yes. Diseases can be caused by: -Viruses -Bacteria -Protists - As well as Fungi. There are also diseases caused by the body. Such as autoimmune diseases and cancers.
Do vaccines kill viruses or horrible diseases?
Vaccines don't kill viruses or diseases; they prevent disease before you are infected.
Do virases cause diseases?
Yes, in most cases, viruses are diseases
What viruses have been created to destroy disease?
what viruses were used to destroy diseases
How are viruses and cancer related?
Viruses are pathogens that cause diseases which leads to cancer.
What is contaminated objects?
Items that have viruses or diseases on them or in them!
What kind of diseases do spherical viruses and rod-shaped viruses cause?
Some diseases caused by sperical shaped viruses cause the flu & the common cold. Rod shaped cause HIV & herpes.
Do viruses multiply by conjugation?
No they actually multiply by taking over a cell's functions.
How are viruses and diseases different?
They are not mutually exclusive terms. Virus is a subgroup under diseases.
