direct cytoplasm effect (injury to cell membrane), immune response (cause new antigens on surface, viral genes enter hosts chromosomes and alter behaviour
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What can bacteria do that viruses can't?
replicator's outside host cells
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What do viruses have?
high tissue specificity
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another word for tissue specificity?
tropism
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Card 2
Front
what is an opportunist bacteria?
Back
only cause infection in those with a weakened immune system (low pathogenicity)
Card 3
Front
What stages must a pathogen complete to cause an infection?
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