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Viruses (biological)
A virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. Viruses display a wide diversity of shapes and sizes, called morphologies. Generally viruses are much smaller than bacteria. Most viruses that have been studied have a diameter between 10 and 300 nanometres.
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Are you less likely to get the stomach flu if you already have a cold?
Perhaps. There are some studies that suggest that an otherwise healthy adult is typically not infected at the same time by more than one virus. The mechanism is not clear and it is not an impossibility, but the likelihood of a second concurrent viral infection in healthy adults seems to be reduced with some infections and some people.
What is the treatment for corona virus in a puppy?
you should take it to the vet and its a upper respiratory virus and try a wiki page but you should get the puppy tested or something
How do virus survive harsh conditions?
Since they are not alive, they just wait for better conditions.
What is an 'obfuscated virus'?
"obfuscated" just means "hidden". The virus was written in a way that makes it difficult to find, allowing it to hide in your computer. Detecting those types of viruses can be difficult.
Why is a virus called the living dead?
because technically they aren't alive. but they also aren't dead. they, unlike bacteria, don't have they necessary qualities to be considered 'living.' they lack certain traits that scientists use to consider what is living or what is dead.
Can you get rabies from being castrated with a spoon?
Rabies is caused by an infectious communicable virus that is transmitted via the saliva of an infected mammal. Therefore, if the spoon were sharp enough to cut the scrotal skin and had saliva from an infected mammal on it, yes, being castrated with a spoon could result in rabies.
Please bear in mind, however, that this would be a very rare occurence. Humans generally contract rabies after being bitten by an infected animal or having an open wound (scratch, etc.) exposed to the saliva of an infected animal.
Rabies is not transmitted by touch, it is transmitted by bite; the virus has to get into your blood to infect you. However, it is still a good idea not to handle dead animals with your hands; sometimes they have parasites (fleas, ticks, mites) which are looking for a new home.
What are proteins found on the outside of cells and viruses called?
Viruses are composed of two main parts an outer protein covering called a capsid and an inside core of either DNA or RNA. Not both DNA and RNA. Some of these have an envelope over the capsid. The ones that do not are said to be naked. The proteins in the capsid allow the virus to attach to the "docking stations" proteins of the host cell. The naked viruses are more resistant to changes in the environment.
Would you take antibiotics for the flu?
No, not to treat the flu itself because antibiotics don't affect viruses, they are used only for bacterial infections.
Sometimes people with the flu develop secondary bacterial infections and then antibiotics may be given to treat or prevent this complication. See the related question below for how influenza is treated.
Why do proteins establish the host range of a virus?
It all depends on what you mean by your question. Both the host cell and the virus have proteins that must match for the virus to enter the cell. The more these match, the greater number of species of plants and animals that will be affected.
Are Bacteria and viruses pokaryotes or eukaryotes?
Bacteria are prokaryotes. Viruses are not living organisms, virus is a virus, that is all.
Why are viruses also classified as living?
Viruses are not typically considered to be organisms because they are incapable of "independent" or autonomous reproduction or metabolism. This controversy is problematic because some cellular organisms are also incapable of independent survival (but not of independent metabolism and procreation) and live as obligatory intracellular parasites. Although viruses have a few enzymes and molecules characteristic of living organisms, they have no metabolism of their own and cannot synthesize and organize the organic compounds that form them. Naturally, this rules out autonomous reproduction and they can only be passively replicated by the machinery of the host cell. In this sense they are similar to inanimate matter. While viruses sustain no independent metabolism, and thus are usually not accounted organisms, they do have their own genes and they do evolve by similar mechanisms by which organisms evolve.
What is the the outer protein coat of a virus called?
It is called the capsid, and is usually composed of separate sub-units called capsomeres.
Can you give a horse with the flu a flu shot?
In general, no - most veterinarians will not vaccinate a horse with a fever because the immune system typically doesn't react as well to the vaccine. It is usually better to wait until a few days after the fever breaks and the infection is resolved before giving vaccines.
A target Virus is a virus that is a Bio-safety level 4 virus. It is the target of vaccines.
Colloidal copper is very effective against most bacteria and viruses.
Plus- studies show it has other health benefits.
It is logical to theorize that it is also good against the current 2019-2020 coronavirus issue, but studies need to be done in order to prove it scientifically.
View my article:
researchgate.net/publication/341600132_As_Penicillin_is_a_cure_for_bacterial_infection_so_Copper_is_a_cure_for_viral_infections
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21924.22400
How does a virus transmit to a healthy person?
By infected water , animal , infected blood , semen ,sexual,
What is the official name of the current pandemic, Wuhan Coronavirus or the novel Coronavirus?
"Coronavirus" can mean a few different diseases. We have had a type of coronavirus in the USA before, called "SARS." Now, this coronavirus is also a type of SARS. This type of coronavirus is called COVID-19, and COVID-19 causes SARS-COV-2. Like how HIV causes AIDS, COVID-19 causes SARS-COV-2. I am not an expert, so if an expert sees this and some of my information is incorrect, I'm sorry, and please tell me. Hopefully that helped!
