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Virus

A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. Viruses are found in almost every ecosystem on Earth and are the most numerous type of biological entity. Since the first discovery of a virus…

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Etymology

Origins

Microbiology

Classification

Role in human disease

Infection in other species

Role in aquatic ecosystems

Role in evolution

Applications

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Virus

Nodes485
Edges484
Triples368
Avg. degree2
Density0.004124
Components1

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Virus

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related to Role in human disease · 21
Virus → AIDS, Although, An, Barr, Ebola, Epstein, Examples, HHV6, HIV, In, Many, Mechanisms, Most, Other, SARS, The, There, These, This, Viruses
related to Cancer · 20
Virus → Barr, Burkitt's, Cancer, DNA, Epstein, Hepatitis, Herpesviridae, Hodgkin's, Human, Infection, Kaposi's, Merkel, RNA, SV40, T-cell, T-lymphotropic, The, Viral, Viruses, Within
related to Classification · 19
Virus → Additionally, André Lwoff, As, Baltimore, Classification, Horne, ICTV, In, International Committee, Linnaean, Lwoff, Paul Tournier, Robert Horne, Starting, Taxonomy, The, This, Tournier, Viruses
related to Epidemics and pandemics · 18
Virus → AIDS, Although, During, HIV, HIV-related, HIV/AIDS, In, June, Most, Older, Programme, Saharan Africa, The, The Joint United Nations, There, UNAIDS, WHO, World Health Organization
related to Etymology · 15
Virus → Ancient Greek, Bartholomeus Anglicus's De Proprietatibus, Dmitri Ivanovsky, English, Indo-European, John Trevisa's, Latin, Martinus Beijerinck, Neo-Latin, Rerum, Sanskrit, The, The English, Virulent, Vīrus
related to Structure · 14
Virus → Complex, Escherichia, In, Many, Most, Negative, Proteins, Some, The, These, To, Virally-coded, Viruses, When
related to Weapons · 14
Virus → Biotechnology VECTOR, Centers, Disease Control, Further, It, Prevention, Russia, State Research Center, The, There, Thus, United States, Virology, WHO
related to Materials science and nanotechnology · 13
Virus → Another, As, Because, Cowpea, CPMV, DNA, Examples, From, In, Naval Research Laboratory, The, Their, Washington
see also · 13
Virus → Cross-species, Disproved, DNA-containing, EwaldViral, Family, Inclusion, Infection, Life, List, Paul, Theobald SmithNon-cellular, Theory, Transmission
related to Baltimore classification · 12
Virus → Baltimore, David Baltimore, DNA, In, RNA, RT, The Baltimore, The ICTV, The Nobel Prize-winning, This, Viral, Viruses

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viruses viral rna cell dna genome host cells called infections used species bacteria infected often many life cause hiv proteins

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ViruscausesBurkitt's lymphoma0.90text
Virusis asubmicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism0.90text
Virusis apolyomavirus0.90text
rickettsiainstance ofalthough some bacteria0.80text
chlamydia are considered living organisms despite the same limitationinstance ofalthough some bacteria0.80text
a nuclear membrane or endoplasmic reticuluminstance ofeither the outer membrane surrounding an infected host cell or internal membranes0.80text
thus gaining an outer lipid bilayer known as a viral envelopeinstance ofeither the outer membrane surrounding an infected host cell or internal membranes0.80text
protein tails or a complex outer wallinstance ofand that may possess extra structures0.80text
resistance to antiviral drugsinstance ofbut others can confer evolutionary advantages0.80text
HIVinstance ofIn viruses0.80text
this modificationinstance ofIn viruses0.80text
rabiesinstance ofMany serious diseases0.80text

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