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Yes, a virus uses a host cell to house and reproduce itself. In the final stage of its parasitic occupation, the virus replicas burst from the host cell, killing the host cell.
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When body cells are attacked by viruses they produce what?
INTERFERON is a substance produced by body cells when they are attacked by viruses.
What causes viruses to die or be killed?
Your white blood cells, they fight off infections and viruses.
Do viruses grow on dead cells?
Viruses that enter a cell do not die. A virus cannot reproduce on its own so it needs to find a cell in which to live. After the virus is done reproducing, most host cells die.
How does your body know which cells to attack?
1. Your immune system can recognize cells based on the proteins present on the surface of cells. Viruses, bacteria, and other foreign cells are recognized as being different from your own cells and are attacked by your immune system.
Do mris cause viruses to eat your blood cells?
Sometimes they do and people can die from it.
Are viruses old prehistoric cells or are they highly evolved cells?
viruses dont have cells
Viruses live and breed in what cells?
viruses live and breed inside cells
Why do only bacterial infections cause pus formation?
Viruses stay inside the cells. They can not be attacked by the white blood cells. Bacteria are usually stay outside the cells. They are readily attacked by the white blood cells. There is fight between white blood cells and bacteria. Pus contains the dead bacteria and dead white blood cells. That is why the pus formation occurs in bacterial infection only. This is the probable answer to above question.
List prokaryotic cells eukaryotic cells and viruses in order of increasing complexity?
viruses, prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells
Are viruses general or specific to the cells that they infect?
viruses are specific to the cells they infect called host cells
Is genetic material found in both cells and viruses?
Yes, both viruses and cells have DNA.
Are viruses made up of tissues?
No, tissues are made up of cells and viruses are not even cells.
