Virus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...particles do not carry out the functions of living cells, such as respiration and growth; in the other stage, however, viruses enter living plant, animal, or bacterial cells and...carriers such as insects. A retrovirus ( HIV ) causes AIDS , several viruses (e.g...