Naked Virus Research Paper

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Is a virus a living organism? First, we need to know what a virus is. A virus is a microscopic organism that leads to illnesses in living organisms, such as plant animals, and humans. There are three main parts of a virion(virus particle), the Nucleic acid which is a the center of the particle along with the DNA or RNA, the Protein Coat (capsid) covers the nucleic acid for protection and Lipid membrane which covers the capsid. However, some viruses do not have a lipid membrane and are called naked viruses. Viruses are parasites that are only able to reproduce inside other cells, meaning they cannot survive on their own. A virus cell must find its way through the human skin and find a cell to infect (reproduce). A virus will find a host cell