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Revision as of 13:00, 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.'

Viral Structure

Viral Pathogenesis

Viral Replication

Immunity to Viruses

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.

Subcategories

This category has only the following subcategory.

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