Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780321897398
Author: Michael T. Madigan, John M. Martinko, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, David A. Stahl, Thomas Brock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 29, Problem 6RQ
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The human infectious diseases are mostly caused by viruses and they are considered as the most prevalent and hard to treat. This is because, viruses remain contagious for a longer period of time in desiccated mucus or on fomites. They need a host cell for reproduction. Therefore, destruction of the virus literally means destruction of the host cell as well. There is a wide range of airborne viral diseases such as measles, mumps, chicken pox, and rubella.
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