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What do we mean by positive and negative sense virus?

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The key difference between the negative and positive sense RNA virus is that the negative sense RNA virus comprises viral RNA, which is complementary to the viral mRNA, while the positive sense RNA virus comprises viral mRNA, which can be translated into proteins directly.

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