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|pagetitle =Viruses
|pagetitle =Viruses - Overview
|pagebody = 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.'
|pagebody =A fully infective virus is called a viron. The genomes of viruses are much smaller than those found in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and in most viruses the nucleic acid is present in a single molecule. The genomes of viruses can be either single or double-stranded and viruses can contain either RNA or DNA. Due to this viruses can be catagorised into three main groups based on their nucleic acid composition; DNA viruses, RNA viruses and viruses which utilise both DNA and RNA for replication.
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[[:Category:Viral Organisms|Viral Organisms]]
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[[Category:Infectious_Agents]]
[[Category:Infectious_Agents]]
[[Category:To_Do_-_Clinical/Viruses]]
[[Category:To_Do_-_Clinical/Viruses]]