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What helps the flu or mumps virus enter and leave the host cell?
Receptors on the cell that the virus can attach to.
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.
What is the first event that occurred when a virus infects the host cell?
The virus attaches to the host cells membrane.
Does a virus need a crystal or a host to reproduce?
the virus needs the host to reproduce!! : )
Is preventing the specific attachment of the virus of its host cells a possible way to prevent infection?
Yes. That would be one way. Also by blocking enzymes that allow the virus to leave the host cell would work. Tamiflu is one of these antivirals.
What is a process that a virus can do in a host?
First the virus enters the host cell, then the virus' hereditary material come, then the host cells hereditary material becomes viral, then the host cell expands, and then it POPS!!!
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.
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.
What are some effects the quokkapox virus has on the host?
The effects that the quokkapox virus has on the host is weakening the immune system. The other effect of the quokkapox virus is that the host will get pox lesions.
What is the most common host for the measles virus?
Humans are the only known host of the measles virus.
What stage is it when a virus enters a host cell?
The virus enters the host cell in the penetration phase.
What is a virus called outside a host cell?
virus can't live outside host cell
