Question

Influenza is an acute human viral disease that causes brief cellular damage followed by healing and complete clearing of the virus from the body. Hepatitis C is a chronic viral disease that causes slow destruction of liver tissue and persistent virions that are not completely cleared. Which of these diseases is more likely to be caused by lytic virus and which is caused by a non-lytic virus?

Answer 1

Answer:

Influenza is caused by a lytic virus while Hepatitis C is caused by a non-lytic virus.

Explanation:

The lytic cycle for reproduction enables the virus to make several copies of itself and destroys the host cell in the process. Many bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) adhere to the lytic cycle. During the lytic cycle, once the virus has attached itself to the host cell, it injects its DNA into it. The virus is thus able to use the host cell's machinery to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.

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