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==Introduction==
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<big><center>'''[[Viruses|Return to VIRUSES main page]]'''</center></big>
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.'
 
 
 
<big>'''[[Viral Structure]]
 
 
 
'''[[Viral Pathogenesis]]
 
 
 
'''[[Viral Replication]]
 
 
 
'''[[Immunity to Viruses]]
 
 
 
==Prevention and control==
 
*[[Vaccines - WikiBlood|Vaccines]]
 
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'''.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Category:Infectious_Agents]]
 

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