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Three that come to mind are adenovirus, influenza, and RSV.
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What are the viruses the infect bacteria called?
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria.
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.
What did the first viruses do?
Infect cells.
Viruses that infect bacteria are?
Bacteriophages
Can viruses infect plants by themselves?
no
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.
Do viruses only infect only animals?
No, they dont, they can infect plants and bacteria too.
