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1 Viruses

2 What are Viruses A virus is a non-cellular particle made up of genetic material and protein that can invade living cells.

3 Herpes Virus

4 The Structure Of a Virus
Viruses are composed of a core of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat called a capsid The Nucleic core is either made up of DNA or RNA but never both.

5 Cycle of Lytic and Lysogenic

6 Vaccines Viruses grown on chicken embryos are attenuated vaccines
Another type of vaccine is made by heat killing the virus

7 Retrovirus Change DNA into RNA. Example of a Retrovirus is HIV


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