Viruses

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Across
  1. 2. Outer lipid layer that surrounds some viruses, taken from the host cell membrane
  2. 6. Substance that stimulates the immune system to protect against a specific virus or disease
  3. 7. Living organism that a virus infects and uses to reproduce
  4. 8. Change in the genetic material of a virus that can create new strains
  5. 10. Protein coat that surrounds and protects a virus’s genetic material
  6. 11. Protein made by the immune system that binds to a specific virus and helps destroy it
  7. 12. Tiny infectious particles made of genetic material and protein that can only reproduce inside a host cell
Down
  1. 1. Viral cycle in which viral DNA is inserted into the host’s DNA and can remain inactive for a long time
  2. 3. Viral cycle in which the virus quickly replicates and causes the host cell to burst
  3. 4. An outbreak of a disease that spreads across countries or continents
  4. 5. Virus that infects bacteria
  5. 9. Type of RNA virus that uses reverse transcriptase to make DNA from RNA