Viruses And How They Affect Their Host And Their Specifics

Viruses and how they affect their host and their specifics Name Institution: Date A virus is the smallest microorganism, which is an infective agent that be viewed using microscopes and cannot reproduce and grow on its own except in the living cell of a host like animal, plant, bacteria, algae, fungi, and protozoa. In epidemiology, infections depend on the interaction with the target, host and the environment where the agent leaves one host (reservoir) and is then transmitted to infect a susceptible host (CDC), 2018). The reservoir represents the environment where the infections agent lives, thrives and multiplies including animals, humans and the environment (including water plants and the soil). Some diseases are transmitted from one person to another without intermediaries when there is contact between people like sexually transmitted diseases. Carriers harbor pathogens, but may not show the symptoms of infections, but then transmit to other people or living organisms when they are in contact with them. The mode of transition for v...