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Virus

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

VIRUSES

BY EMMA MCSALIS
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IMPORTANT FETURES

  • Made of nucleoproteins
  • Viruses can only reproduce in a host
  • Transmissions from disease to healthy organism
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WHERE IT LIVES

  • A viruses can live anywhere from soil to air to a plant to a animal
  • Viruses are picky about what they infect.
  • Some only infect plant other only animals or soil
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HOW IT REPRODUCES

  • A viruses needs to find a host cell.
  • When they are attracted to a host they can control the cell to help the virus reproduce
  • When a parasite is finished with the host cell, it kills it.

EXAMPLES

  • Chicken pox, Shingles
  • Measles, Rabies
  • Yellow Fever,HIV
  • Flu
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HAZARDS

  • Viruses can infect every living thing.
  • They can be very deadly
  • They can kill you.
  • It spreads quickly.
  • Viruses can have lasting effects

BENEFITS

  • Pest control
  • Using viruses are being used to try to find a cute for cancer
  • Phage viruses mixed with mucus can fight bacteria
  • Population control
  • Can help find cures for others viruses
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