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Why do viruses need a host cell to survive?
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Why do viruses need a host cell to survive?

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Because they can’t reproduce on their own so they need a cell to do it for them
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viruses are at the borderline of living and non-living organinsms outside the body of living host they are non-active and they cannot grow without their host

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