Viruses 2025
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- Q1A virus that infects bacteriabacteriophage30s
- Q2a protein coat that surrounds the DNA or RNA of a viruscapsid30s
- Q3A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.epidemic30s
- Q4a virus can have these proteins with carbohydrates attached that help viruses attach and enter their host cellglycoproteins30s
- Q5an organism, like a cell, animal, or plant, that provides a living environment for a virus to survive and reproducehost30s
- Q6viral replication process in which viral DNA inserts into the host cell's chromosome, may remain dormant and later activatelysogenic cycle30s
- Q7a viral reproductive cycle in which copies of a virus are made within a host cell, which then bursts open, releasing new viruseslytic cycle30s
- Q8capsid and nucleic acidparts of a virus30s
- Q9causing diseasepathogenic30s
- Q10substance prepared from killed or weakened pathogens and introduced into a body to produce immunity; protects against a virusvaccine30s
- Q11A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.virus30s
- Q12The viral parts are now assembled into a virusvirus assembly30s
- Q13The virus attaching to a host cell. The virus must have the correct proteins to attach to the cell's proteinsvirus attachment30s
- Q14The virus injects DNA in the host cellvirus injection30s
- Q15Newly formed viruses are released from the cell into the outside environmentvirus release30s