EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Once a virus gets into a host’s body, it travels along the surfaces of cells until its proteins begin to bind with receptors on the cells. The virus and the cells then fuse, allowing the DNA or RNA inside the virus to enter the cells, where it begins to reproduce.

Detailed explanation-2: -In general terms, virus replication involves three broad stages which are present in all viruses: initiation of infection, replication and expression of the genome, and the release of mature virions from the infected cell.

Detailed explanation-3: -Viruses cannot replicate on their own, but rather depend on their host cell’s protein synthesis pathways to reproduce. This typically occurs by the virus inserting its genetic material in host cells, co-opting the proteins to create viral replicates, until the cell bursts from the high volume of new viral particles.

Detailed explanation-4: -The two types of viral replications are the Lytic cycle and the lysogenic cycle. Viruses attach themselves to the host cells and inject their DNA into the lytic cycle. Using the host cell’s metabolism, the viral DNA replicates and forms proteins.