Compared to other pathogens, why do viruses have the highest relative risk to humans?

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Compared to other pathogens, viruses have the highest relative risk to humans because the genetic material of viruses have high mutation rates.

Viruses are the exceptions to cell theory. These are the pathogens that remain dormant when present outside in the environment but they become active and infectious once inside any living entity. The infectious phase of virus is known as virion.

Mutations are the changes in genetic sequence. These changes can be due to environmental factors or due to some fault in the genetic machinery of the body. Mutations are of several types like: addition, deletion, inversion, substitution, etc.

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