Question

Mention any two advantages and two disadvantages of viruses

Answer 1

Answer:

Advantages of virus:

• Viruses are used in gene therapy, they are used to genetically manipulate somatic cells of individuals, and they are used in production of transgenic plants and animals.

• Viruses are used as templates for organizing materials on a nanoscale.

• The bacteriophages in the sewage have the ability to systematically decompose the high bacterial level.

Disadvantages of virus:

• Virus causes a wide range of diseases which include HIV, chickenpox, influenza etc.

• Virus transmits from person to person through air.

• Viruses have the ability to replicate and thus causes dead diseases like HIV.

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