Difference between revisions of "Category:Viruses"
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Revision as of 12:59, 17 May 2010
Introduction
Viruses are very simple organisms that rely on the host cell's biochemical machinery for sugar metabolism and protein synthesis- they are commonly described as 'obligate intracellular parasites.'
Prevention and control
Antibiotics cannot treat viral infection. While anti-viral therapies do exist, they are costly and often ineffective. The alternatives, therefore, include vaccination (priming the immune response to create memory lymphocytes for a particular virus) or eradication.
Pages in category "Viruses"
The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.