Question

What are examples of viruses?

Answer 1

Viruses:

1. Viruses can be defined as infective agents made up of nucleic acid molecules in a protein coat.
2. Viruses are unable to replicate or multiply without utilizing the host cells' reproductive mechanisms.
3. Viruses are smaller than bacterial cells typically too small to be seen under a light microscope.
4. All living things, plants, animals, or bacteria are susceptible to viral infections.

Examples of viruses:

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV):

1. Human Immunodeficiency Virus attacks cells that help the body fight infections.
2. There is no cure for HIV but it is treatable with medicine.

Varicella-zoster virus:

1. It is a primary infection that results in varicella (chickenpox).
2. This causes chickenpox in humans.

Lyssavirus:

1. Lyssaviruses are bullet-shaped, single-stranded, and negative-sense RNA viruses and the causative agents of ancient zoonosis rabies.
2. This causes rabies in dogs, cats, humans, and other animals.