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The virus attaches itself to a living cell, Human or another microbe. It then sends in its genetic codes and forces the cell to reproduce more of that code. Eventually the other cells are full of viruses and pop sending more viruses everywhere to then redo the process. It then causes diseases such as aids or chicken pox

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