Viruses By Edmundo Colorado

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  1. 3. The virus penetrates the host cell and inserts its DNA code into the host cell's DNA without destroying it.
  2. 6. A retrovirus that infects and destroys vital cells of the human immune system, such as helper T cells (CD4+cells). It causes the AIDS virus.
  3. 7. A non-living entity, that needs a host to reproduce.
  4. 9. A cell that is infected by a virus and use to make all of the viruses machinery.
  5. 10. Small white blood cells that play a role in the body's immune response.
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  1. 1. A virus that infects bacteria.
  2. 2. A virus that injects RNA instead of DNA into a host cell.
  3. 4. A cycle that results in the destruction of the host cell.
  4. 5. The outer protein coat of a virus.
  5. 8. Highly infectious respiratory disease, attacks cells in the upper respiratory tract, causing symptoms such as fatigue, fever and chills.