Question

How do viruses begin?

Answer 1

Viruses

1. The virus is a submicroscopic organism that can replicate only inside a living host cell.
2. Their genomic material can be either RNA or DNA.
3. Viruses have the capability of causing global pandemics.
4. On replication inside a host cell, they create multiple progeny viruses which are released by bursting the host cell.
5. They can also remain dormant inside a living organism for many days and reoccur months or decades after infection.
6. For example, chicken pox, which was seemingly eradicated by the immune system decades ago, can re-emerge and cause a herpes zoster infection.