Virus
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A virus (from the Latin virus meaning toxin or poison), is a sub-microscopic infectious agent that is unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell. Viruses infect all cellular life and more than 2,000 species of virus have been discovered. The study of viruses is known as virology, a branch of microbiology.
Viruses consist of two or three parts: all viruses have gene made from either DNA or RNA, long molecule that carry the genetic information; all have a protein coat that protects these...
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