Write three characteristic features of virus? How do viruses cause disease?
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Explanation:
They can mutate.
They are acellular, that is, they contain no cytoplasm or cellular organelles.
They carry out no metabolism on their own and must replicate using the host cell's metabolic machinery. In other words, viruses don't grow and divide. ...
The vast majority of viruses possess either DNA or RNA but not both.
Living characteristics of viruses include the ability to reproduce – but only in living host cells – and the ability to mutate.
Answer:
Viruses are acellular. They are the line between living and non living world. Once the enter a living gbody like of human they use its mechanism and multiply rapidly.
They carry out no metabolism on their own.
Viruses are like hijackers. They invade living, normal cells and use those cells to multiply and produce other viruses like themselves. This can kill, damage, or change the cells and make you sick. Different viruses attack certain cells in your body such as your liver, respiratory system, or blood.