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Viruses - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Naked capsid virus
        
        more resistant to drying out, etc. - very stable
        
        No membrane, just protein coat - can survive a long time
        
        Very contageous cuz super stable
        
        Can survive GI tract
        
        Easier to neutralize the infection because it causes host cell lysis
      - Enveloped virus
        
        if the membrane is broken it becomes non-infectious - can be treated with alcohol, etc.
        
        steal the membrane from the host cell - manages to not lyse host cell in the process
        
        Requires greater immune response from T cells
    - - Icosahedral (d20) or helical shapes
        
        Icosahedral capsids are typically formed from triangular faces made of 1-3 proteins that link together
        
        Helical capsids are good at protecting long nucleic acids
- - - - devides viruses into seven groups based on nucleic acids and processes