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Viruses are acellular


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Smallpox

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Common cold

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Solution

The correct option is A

Smallpox


Viruses are acellular. They lack a cell wall and the cell membrane. They contain only a DNA or RNA enclosed in a protein coat. They are inactive outside a host cell and can reproduce only inside a host cell.


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