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What is a comparison of bacteria & virus?

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Dr. Tony Ho answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Different things: Bacteria are small single-celled living things that grow on their own, and cause disease when they invade into the body. Viruses are small packets of genetic information that can do nothing on their own, but hijack the cellular machinery of the body to produce more virus particles.

Answered 4/3/2013

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