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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.'
 
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.'
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[[Viral Structure]]
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<big>'''[[Viral Structure]]
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[[Viral Pathogenesis]]
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'''[[Viral Pathogenesis]]
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==Replication==
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'''[[Viral Replication]]
[[Image:Viral replication.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Viral Replication - B. Catchpole, RVC 2008]]
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# Virion attaches to host cell
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# Virus penetrates into the cytoplasm
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# Genome is uncoated
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# Virus interacts with synthetic apparatus of the cell, producing viral proteins
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# These proteins assmble into new virus particles, which then exit the cell
       
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