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They are not too small, per se, rather they lack the biological mechanisms to do so (which is arguably related to their size) and so, to put it simply, "inject" their genetic material into other cells, which will then replicate the virus instead of it's self during DNA transcription/translation.

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What do viruses need to reporduce?

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