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Micro-Organisms : Friends And Foe

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What are viruses? Name some common diseases in human caused by virus.

Solution

Viruses are the microorganisms that have the characteristics of both the living and non-living things. They reproduce only inside the cells of host organism, which may be a bacterium plant or animal. Some diseases like cold, influenza, polio and chicken pox are caused by viruses.