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Pharm D- Clinical Pharmacy Program Third Level Parasitology and virology (PM503)

can develop an infection. Examples of viral infections from ingestion include

norovirus and enteroviruses.

3. Bites. Insects and other animals can carry viruses. If they bite you, you can develop

an infection. Examples of viral infections that result from bites include dengue

fever and rabies.

4. Body fluids. Exchanging bodily fluids with someone who has a viral infection can

transfer the illness. Examples of this type of viral infection include hepatitis B and

HIV.

Viruses Replication

Viruses are obligate intracellular pathogens they cannot replicate without the

machinery and metabolism of a host cell. Although the replicative life cycle of viruses

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