NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Viruses are the smallest common pathogen. They are so small in fact that many of them actually infect bacteria. They are different from other pathogens because they cannot reproduce on their own.

Detailed explanation-2: -Among all the microbes, viruses are the smallest. Viruses are living only inside the host body and are non-living outside. Viruses are pathogens and cause diseases in living organisms. Viruses have the smallest size such as 0.02 microns.

Detailed explanation-3: -(i) Smallest animal virus : Foot and mouth virus, (ii) Largest animal virus : Pox virus, (iii) Smallest plant virus : Tobacco mosaic satellite virus, Alfalfa mosaic virus.