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Viral Structures and Infection Pathways
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Across
  • 1. Lipid layer surrounding some viruses, aiding entry
  • 2. Organism that transmits a virus between hosts
  • 4. Change in viral genetic sequence influencing traits
  • 5. Cell that a virus infects to reproduce
  • 7. Natural host or environment maintaining a virus
  • 9. Small DNA molecule, often found in bacteria, used in genetic transfer
  • 12. An exact copy, relating to viral genome duplication
  • 15. Destruction of a host cell releasing new viruses
Down
  • 3. Microorganism causing disease, including viruses
  • 6. Virus that uses reverse transcription to replicate
  • 8. To pass a virus from one organism to another
  • 10. Phase when a virus remains dormant within a host
  • 11. Complete infectious virus particle outside a cell
  • 13. Substance that triggers an immune response
  • 14. Presence of viruses in the bloodstream
  • 16. Protein shell encasing a virus's genetic material

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