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Is it an advantage to a virus to kill the host cell?

April 26, 2017advantage Biology CELL host kill Mathematics virus

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Is it an advantage to a virus to kill the host cell?

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The advantage is to release all the virus particles that have been replicated within the host’s cells to infect additional cells and perhaps be transmitted to another individual. A virus that is too virulent (rapidly kills the host) may no be transmitted to additional hosts and will “die out.