They replicate themselves by invading your cells and using the cells' machinery to produce copies of themselves. The cell will burst releasing new viruses causing cell damage.
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Name a feature of your defence system
blood-cuts are sealed by platelets which are transported in blood plasma
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How do Wbcs attack microbes ?
Engulf foreign cells and digest,producing antibodies,producing antitoxins
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What do antibiotics not destroy?
viruses
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What is MRSA/
it causes serious wound infectious and is resistant to the powerful antibiotic methicillin
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What conditions are cultures of microorganisms kept at school/
25 degrees as harmful pathogens can't grow at these temperatures
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Card 2
Front
How do viruses make you feel ill?
Back
They replicate themselves by invading your cells and using the cells' machinery to produce copies of themselves. The cell will burst releasing new viruses causing cell damage.
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