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Can a virus have a host?
Viruses do not cause diseases in the host. Why? Well, the host is already causing the virus so it is IMPOSSIBLE for another virus to be cause in the host.
Viruses make the host cell produce new viruses which kills th host cell?
Active Viruses
What are the differences between viruses and bacteria?
Bacteria: Bacteria can be killed by antibiotics. Bacteria is larger. Bacteria can reproduce from the life cycle. Viruses: Viruses cant be killed by antibiotics. Viruses are smaller than bacteria. Viruses cant reproduce without help from a host cell or organism.
Why does a virus need the host cell?
Viruses do not have the capability to reproduce. They are simply a strand of DNA or RNA, inside a protein coat. They infect a host cell and hijack the host cell's reproductive faculty, creating more viruses.
Viruses are often carried to the host through the?
Viruses are often carried to the host through the air.
Why it is difficult to treat diseases caused by viruses?
This is because viruses multiply rapidly . Faster than any other micro-organism . Also, viruses need a host to live .They are non living when not on a host . To estimate their characteristics is hard because they are living and non living .
How are bacteria different from viruses?
viruses are not alive. APEX
Do Most DNA viruses multiply in the host cell's cell membrane?
No, DNA viruses multiply in the host cell's nucleus, while most RNA viruses multiply in the host cell's cytoplasm
Why can't viruses reproduce out of they're host organism?
Picture the host as the viruses brain and heart.. Once the virus leaves the host it dies. In other words the host gives it life.
What provides the energy for viruses?
The host
What to viruses reproduce?
a host Cell
What is active viruses?
when a virus enters a cell and is active, it cause the host cell to make new viruses, which destroy the host cell.
