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The discussion is here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Viruses#Should Viral replication only include replication of the viral genome? Graham Beards ( talk) 21:19, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
People talk about viruses 'surviving' on say, a doorknob, for a certain time depending on factors such as temperature. My question is, how is 'survival' defined for viruses? My guess as a layperson is that individual virus particles are constantly degrading by chemical reaction with the environment, and their 'death' would be the point at which they are too degraded to invade a cell and reproduce. Is this about right?
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Ok Healtheworld3 ( talk) 20:34, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
...then how does "Life Cycle" apply? Clean Arlene ( talk) 20:14, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 12 August 2020 and 25 November 2020. Further details are available
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Collidea.
Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 12:27, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
The discussion is here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Viruses#Should Viral replication only include replication of the viral genome? Graham Beards ( talk) 21:19, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
People talk about viruses 'surviving' on say, a doorknob, for a certain time depending on factors such as temperature. My question is, how is 'survival' defined for viruses? My guess as a layperson is that individual virus particles are constantly degrading by chemical reaction with the environment, and their 'death' would be the point at which they are too degraded to invade a cell and reproduce. Is this about right?
XyKyWyKy aka raffriff42 (
talk) 03:11, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
Ok Healtheworld3 ( talk) 20:34, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
...then how does "Life Cycle" apply? Clean Arlene ( talk) 20:14, 18 December 2022 (UTC)