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IFAS# FA-29

Introduction to Viral Diseases of Fish

RuthEllen Klinger and Ruth Francis-Floyd


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What Is a Virus? Viruses are very small infectious agents that multiply only within the living cells of an animal or plant host. Other microorganisms, such as bacteria or fungi, have organelles for their own metabolism, but viruses do not. They must utilize the machinery of the infected host cell for growth and reproduction. 
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