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Various cells are involved. The varicella-zoster virus enters through the respiratory system. Then it is found in the lymph nodes 4-6 days later the virus enters the cells of the spleen and liver. After a week the virus travels to the viscera and skin, causing the typical skin markings.
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Does the virion attach to the surface of the host cell in the mumps virus?
Yes, the mumps virus attaches to the surface of the host cell through specific interactions between its hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) protein and sialic acid receptors on the host cell membrane. This attachment is a crucial first step for the virus to enter the host cell and initiate infection. Once attached, the virus can then fuse with the host cell membrane, allowing it to release its genetic material into the host cell.
What helps the flu or mumps virus enter and leave the host cell?
Viruses like the flu and mumps enter host cells by binding to specific cell surface receptors. They then gain entry into the cell by either fusing with the cell membrane or being taken up by the cell through endocytosis. To exit the host cell, viruses often hijack the cell's machinery to assemble new viral particles which are then released from the cell either by cell lysis or budding.
Are mumps microbes?
Mumps is caused by a virus, not a microbe in the traditional sense. Specifically, it is caused by the mumps virus, which is a member of the Paramyxoviridae family. Unlike bacteria, viruses like the mumps virus cannot reproduce on their own and require a host cell to replicate. Vaccination has effectively reduced the incidence of mumps in many parts of the world.
Is the mumps an active or hidden virus?
Active. It will go directly to find a host cell and begin the steps of the lytic cycle to cause the host's cell to replicate itself (see the related questions for more about the lytic cycle). It does not stay "dormant" inside you to manifest symptoms later, an infection will produce symptoms right away if you are infected. Then once new viruses are made in the host cell, they will burst out and infect more cells and potentially more people.
How long can mumps virus survive outside a host?
few seconds
Are the mumps an autotroph?
No, mumps are not autotrophs. Mumps is a viral infection caused by the mumps virus, which requires a host to replicate and cannot produce its own food. Autotrophs, such as plants and some bacteria, can synthesize their own nutrients through processes like photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
What is the cell that a virus infects?
Host Cell
Sentence with host cell?
The virus enters the host cell and uses the cell's machinery to replicate itself.
The cell or organism which a virus depends is called?
This is the host (organism) and the cell is called the host cell.
The cell infected by a virus is referred to as the?
The cell infected by a virus is referred to as the host cell. The virus hijacks the host cell's machinery to replicate and produce more virus particles.
What is it called when a host cell bursts?
The bursting of a host cell is called cell lysis.
What reproductive celldoes not destroy the host cell of the virus?
the host cell cycle
