Question

A virus causes an illness that includes the following symptoms: headaches, fever, and body aches. Symptoms usually occur two to seven days after infection by the virus. What type of reproductive cycle does this virus most likely have?

Answer 1

Viruses like Influenza reproduce via the lysogenic cycle.

Step-by-step explanation:

Viruses are pathogenic, disease-causing microorganisms. They reproduce and spread in a variety of ways, and their life cycle or lytic cycle influences the symptoms of their specific infections.

Influenza viruses, in particular, exploit receptors on the cell surface for entry into the cell. They reproduce by using the host cell's replication mechanism in the nucleus. They and use the host's cellular machinery in order to replicate.

This cycle usually lasts for 2-7 days, after which the virions bus from the host cell, incorporating parts of their lipid bilayers. The viral particles spread via infective particles or droplets from the lung tissue of their host.