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How does the west nile virus attack the host cell?
The west nile virus does not attack a host cell. the virus flows through your blood stream and spreads through your blood stream. Incorrect: West Nile Virus does attack a host cell: the nerves. It produces effects similar to polio.
How do you describe the reproduction of polio in the body?
Polio virus can infect only human being. Like other viruses, polio virus infect the cells. After getting attached to the cell, the virus genome is inserted into the cell body. The genetic material of the host is broken into small fragments and assembled as per the genome of the polio virus. Multiple such copies are formed and then released in the body to infect the new cells.
What is the cell in which a virus reproduces?
This is called a host cell. In the beginning, a virus will attach itself to the host cell and release its genetic material into it. This genetic material interferes with the host cell's enzymes which cause them to form parts in which will create a new virus.
What is the specific host cell of the West Nile Virus?
It usually is inside women cells
What is the cell that a virus infects?
Host Cell
How do you describe an active virus?
The virus attaches to the host cell, it takes over the functions of the host cell, and it eventually destroys it. If there was no host cell, the virus would die.
Cell in which a virus multiplies it self?
A virus replicates inside a host cell. For example 'Bacteriophase'
What is a virus called outside a host cell?
virus can't live outside host cell
What stage is it when a virus enters a host cell?
The virus enters the host cell in the penetration phase.
Does the host cell usually benefit from having a virus?
The host cell does not benefit from having a virus. The virus usually kills it.
What can a virus do without a host cell?
It can do nothing. It needs the host cell to make more virus particles.
What is the cell of an organism upon which a virus depends is?
That depends. All viruses have a marker that binds to a specific site on a cell. For example, HIV virus will only be infectious to humans because only humans possess a cell with the correct binding sites.
