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What is a Virus

What is a Virus?

Viruses are 10 to 100 times smaller than bacteria and consist of nucleic acids(DNA or RNA) enclosed inside a coating of protein.
They are unable to reproduce on their own.
Viruses are only able to reproduce by entering cells of bacteria, animals, or plants and utilizing the metabolic system of that host organism.
80% of known viruses have glycoprotein envelope shells which enclose the inner nucleic acids and protein.
S-Protein spikes in these envelopes allow viruses to invade the host organisms.
If the viral envelope is broken down, the virus becomes unable to invade the host cell, but rather gets absorbed by it, essentially losing its functionality.
This is known as viral inactivation.
The other 20% are non-envelope viruses.

- Source[https://openwho.org/courses/introduction-to-ncov]

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are known to cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome(MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS).
A novel coronavirus(COVID-19) was identified in 2019.
This is a new coroanvirus that has not been previously identified in humans.
As the official disease name was established after material creation, any mention of nCoV refers to COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most
recently discovered coronavirus.

- Source[https://openwho.org/courses/introduction-to-ncov]

Influenza(Flu) and COVID-19 are both contagious respiratory illnesses, but they are caused by different viruses.
COVID-19 is caused by infection with a new coronavirus(called SARS-CoV-2) and flu is caused by infection with influenza viruses.
There are some key differences between flu and COVID-19.
COVID-19 seems to spread more easily than flu and causes more serious illnesses in some people.
It can also take longer before people show symptoms and people can be contagious for longer.

- Source[https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html]

Influenza(Flu) Viruses

There are two main types of influenza(flu) virus : Types A and B.
The Influenza A and B viruses that routinely spread in people(human influenza viruses) are responsible for seasonal flu epidemics each year.

- Source[https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/viruses/index.htm]

KPLAZER can kill Viruses

  • - Norovirus

  • - Influenza Virus A

  • - Influenza Virus B

  • - Hepatitis A(HAV)

  • - Newcastel disease virus(NDV)

  • - Adenoviruses

  • - Virus SARS

  • - Virus Smallpox

  • - Parainfluenza Virus

  • - Avian Influenza(AI) - H9N2

  • - Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

  • - Escherichia coli

  • - Herpes Simplex Virus(HSV)

  • - Staphylococcus epidermidis

  • - BCG(Mycobacterium bovis)

  • - MRSA(Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus)