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What is viral specificity?
Viruses are highly specific and can only attack particular cells of a particular organism. Ex. Polio virus attacks nerve cells Mumps virus attacks salivary glands Hepatitis virus attacks liver cells
Is polio virus a microorganism?
Microorganism means very small sized organism. It can not be seen with naked eye. You have to use microscopes to see it. Polio virus is a virus. Virus are too small as compared to other microorganisms. So polio virus is included in the category of the microorganisms.
Is polio a virus or bacteria?
The organism that causes polio is a virus.
Which of these is the best description of polio?
Polio is caused by a virus that attacks the central nervous system and affects the movement of muscles.
What type of organism causes polio?
Polio is a word that can mean one of two things, the virus or the disease The Polio disease which you are referring to is called poliomyelitis. The organism that causes it is a viral organism (virus). The name of the virus that causes poliomyelitis (polio disease) is called Poliovirus. The virus is a normal RNA virus from the Picornaviridae and genus enterovirus family.
What does polio infected or who becomes infected with the organism?
Humans
What viral disease attacks humans nervous system and can cause paralysis?
polio
What viral system attacks the human nervous system and can cause paralysis?
polio
What is the description of polio?
A virus that attacks the central nervous system and affects the movement of muscles.
What viral disease attacks the human nervous system and can paralyze you?
There are several- one of them is polio.
Relationship where one organism attacks and eats part of a host organism harming that organism?
If the organism are alive, it is called parasitism.
What is the scientific name for polio virus?
The disease polio is more specifically poliomyelitis, an infection by the virus called, logically, poliovirus, a species of enterovirus.Another common name for polio in young children is infantile paralysis.
