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Can Both Survive Alex Beutel B Aditya Prakash Roni Rosenfeld Christos Faloutsos Carnegie Mellon University USA KDD 2012 Beijing Competing Contagions Beutel et al 2012 2. Chapters 12 and 13. Viral Characteristics and Structure. Why Viruses aren’t Alive. General Characteristics of Viruses. Name derives from the Latin for “poison”. Obligatory intracellular parasites. Other . Acellular. Infectious Agents. 1. 6. Copyright © McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC. Permission required for reproduction or display.. Acellular. Agents. Viruses . – protein and nucleic acid. A. Viruses are a unique group of biological entities. 1. They are not capable of surviving without a host cell (lack metabolic machinery). 2. They do, however, contain all the information necessary to direct metabolic processes. HIV infected T-cell. Viral Structure. not . cells. small . infectious particles . w/. DNA or RNA enclosed . in a protein coat . (capsid). in . some cases. , a membranous envelope. Viral Genomes. genomes . Viruses Are Not Cells!. There are several structural and functional differences between cells and viruses. The structural differences include:. No nucleus. No cell membrane. No organelles. The functional differences include:. Some Important Dates. 1829 Braille . invented.. 1864 Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind grants college . degrees.. 1869 . First . wheelchair . patent given.. 1890-1920 . Push . for state worker’s compensation program: no. of states: 1913, 21 ; . Lecturer. Dr Ashraf Khasawneh. Department of Biomedical Sciences. Virus infections are Universal …….. Introduction to Virology. A virus is an obligate intracellular parasite containing genetic material surrounded by protein. STRUCTURE. A core nucleic acid - DNA or RNA. Nucleic Acid surrounded by a protein, called a capsid.. CLASSIFICATION. By genomes: DNA viruses, RNA viruses or retroviruses . (any . of a group of RNA viruses that insert a DNA copy of their genome into the . Embryonated. Egg. Viruses. Viruses do not fall in the category of unicellular . microorganism. They . are obligate intracellular parasites and lack the . machinery . necessary for protein and nucleic acid . EQ: Why are viruses considered to be non-
living?. Characteristics:. *Nonliving particles made of . nucleic acid. and a . protein coat . enlosed in a . capsid. shell... *In order to reproduce, all viruses must have a . VOCABULARY. Virus. Capsid. Envelope. Human . Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV. ). Influenza. Lytic Cycle. Lysogenic Cycle. Lysis. Retrovirus. Prerequisite questions. What are the eight characteristics which all living things have in common. arboviruses. ) are viruses that can be transmitted to man by arthropod vectors. . Arboviruses. belong to three families:. Togaviruses. . Bunyaviruses. e.g. . Sandfly. Fever. .. Flaviviruses. e.g. Yellow Fever, dengue, Japanese Encephalitis. . . The process of transfer of virus into host is referred as . TRANSMISSION. and this is an important step in the life cycle of viruses.. Person to person infections are said to be . HORIZONTAL. . As a group discuss for 1 minute. Be able to defend your answer for the class!. Are . VIRUSES. alive?. Growth and Development. Reproduce. Change Over Time. Obtain and Use Energy. Maintain Homeostasis.