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When a typical virus infects a host cell, the latter ultimately dies. The virus first enters the host cell and then uses the cell's organelles to replicate itself. Eventually the host cell ruptures, spilling new viruses into the host's bloodstream. However, there are some viruses that don't kill their host cells.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 13y agoA virus will slip into your body, whether that happens from a weak immune system, or some other leak in your defenses. Viruses need hosts to survive, so they latch on to a cell in your body, then the virus will inject itself into the cell, then the newly injected cell will break into more viruses, which will repeat the process again and again.
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∙ 12y agoThey attach to individual cells in your body. Many viruses enter through the cells in your mucous tissues. This can be through sexual contact, or the mouth, eyes, nose and digestive system. For more detailed information about how viruses invade our bodies, see the related question below.
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∙ 14y agowell first it injects its host with the illness
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∙ 12y agothey slowly creep up on you in the middle of the night and start eating your skin and then slowly work their way into your brain slowly killing you.
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∙ 15y agoHow does a virus infect it's host?
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∙ 11y agoThey attack the body and start eating.
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How are Biological Viruses and Computer viruses alike?
Computer viruses can infect a file much like a Biological virus can infect a cell, they then spread from file to file or cell to cell.
What characteristics are used to group viruses?
Computer viruses are grouped based on what types of files they infect, how they infect them, and what stealth techniques they use to hide.
Why most viruses that infect bacteria have tails whereas most viruses that infect animals and plants do not?
they have tails so they can penetrate through the cell walls of bacteria
What are viruses that infect bacteria called?
the virus that infects bacteria is bacteriophage
Why the body need a defense system?
So viruses or diseases can not infect your body and kill you.
What are the viruses the infect bacteria called?
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria.
Can myspace really infect computers with viruses?
yes but its not the site its the people who put viruses on the site
How do you infect others computers with viruses?
YOU don't infect other computers with viruses.
Are viruses general or specific to the cells that they infect?
viruses are specific to the cells they infect called host cells
What does Caulimoviridae infect?
Caulimoviridea are retro viruses that infect plants.
What do viruses that cause physical diseases infect?
It depends on what kind of virus. Viruses can infect any cell in the human body. Viruses such as HIV infect the immune system; air-born viruses, such as H1N1 or a cold, infect the respiratory system; neurological viruses, like rabies infect the brain (the virus is usually carried to it by peripheral nerves); and viruses like polio effect the nervous system, which can create paralysis.
Why could a virus not infect another virus?
Viruses only infect living organisms and since they are not alive, they can not infect other viruses. The question is interesting though.
Viruses that infect bacteria are?
Bacteriophages
Can viruses infect plants by themselves?
no
What did the first viruses do?
Infect cells.
How are Biological Viruses and Computer viruses alike?
Computer viruses can infect a file much like a Biological virus can infect a cell, they then spread from file to file or cell to cell.
What characteristics are used to group viruses?
Computer viruses are grouped based on what types of files they infect, how they infect them, and what stealth techniques they use to hide.
