Difference between revisions of "Category:Viruses"

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-==Introduction==
+ <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]]