CLINICAL MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -This statement is false. Viruses cannot reproduce by themselves, they must have a living host cell in order to multiply. Viruses are not made of cells and, therefore, cannot perform the same functions as living organisms. They act as parasites, entering a living host cell in order to replicate and spread.

Detailed explanation-2: -Introducing Viruses Viruses do not carry out respiration. They also do not grow or reproduce on their own. A virus needs a living cell in order to reproduce. The living cell in which the virus reproduces is called a host cell.

Detailed explanation-3: -A virus is a tiny, infectious particle that can reproduce only by infecting a host cell. Viruses “commandeer” the host cell and use its resources to make more viruses, basically reprogramming it to become a virus factory. Because they can’t reproduce by themselves (without a host), viruses are not considered living.

Detailed explanation-4: -During attachment and penetration, the virus attaches itself to a host cell and injects its genetic material into it. During uncoating, replication, and assembly, the viral DNA or RNA incorporates itself into the host cell’s genetic material and induces it to replicate the viral genome.

Detailed explanation-5: -The virus’s genome is uncoated from the protein and injected into the host cell. Then the viral genome hijacks the host cell’s machinery, forcing it to replicate the viral genome and produce viral proteins to make new capsids.