4.7 Viruses : The Enemy Within By: Steffany Copeland
Viruses are life mimicking particles Latin word for poison Viruses are nonliving Viruses cannot reproduce by themselves Viral genomes can be single or double stranded Viruses range from .027mm-0.03mm Obligate intracellular parasites The entire infectious virus particle as a whole- virion
Viruses hosts Bacteria Animals Humans Plants Fungus Insects
Viral Structure Nucleic acid Protein coat or capsid Envelope Tail Tail fibers End plate
Lytic viral growth cycle of Bacteriophage Adsorption Penetration Replication Assembly Release
Lytic replication cycle of rabies virus, an enveloped virus with a single-stranded RNA genome
Virions of enveloped viruses are released by budding from an infected virus
Rabies virus can be deadly Rabies virus travels slowly to the CNS where it replicates and then travels to the salivary glands where it replicates again There are 2 types of rabies: Furious Rabies and Dumb Rabies
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