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There are currently 20 families of viruses that infect humans. There are two additional viruses (Hepatitis D and Hepatitis E) which have not yet been assigned to a families but are clearly distinct from the other families infecting humans.

Viruses replicate inside cells by hijacking strands of RNA to duplicate themselves.

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