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How quickly do viruses reproduce?


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Reproduction in viruses:

  1. Viruses are infectious microscopic organisms.
  2. They lack the ability to reproduce by themselves and depend on a host to reproduce.
  3. They replicate very quickly and their reproduction cycles ranges from a few minutes and last till 72 hours in some viruses.
  4. Viruses invade host cells and the viral mRNA instructs the host cell to produce viral components.
  5. The replication cycle depends upon the nature of the genetic content.

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