2006-11-28 08:30:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
It's not. Those are two different things.
2006-11-28 08:31:39 · answer #1 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
is considered a parasite for two reasons: it need a place in where to find all the proper things that will will use to reproduce, and it affect the host in which he get in without giving nothing of value to the host. a virus cant live or reproduce without a host. without a host a virus is just another thing in the world, like a particle or a stone, but inside a host (cell) it has life.
2006-11-28 08:36:20 · answer #2 · answered by Pinky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the virus cannot be seen. Once the virus is detected under the microscope then we can see what kind of virus it is. That is why it is a parasite, parasites cannot be seen with the naked eye. But under a microscope we can see it.
2006-11-28 08:42:41 · answer #3 · answered by jmc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the virus lives off of the host.
2006-11-28 08:52:27 · answer #4 · answered by bess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a parasite is a living thing(plants included) that live off another living thing(normally called a host) at it's expence even to the extend of destroying it. a virus fits this description.
God bless,
gabe
2006-11-28 08:43:25 · answer #5 · answered by gabegm1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It cannot exist without depending on the protein manufactured by other cells, retroviruses even go further hijacking the DNA of the host cell to produce its own protein.So without the host cell the virus is dead.
2006-11-28 09:08:39 · answer #6 · answered by Aushbaba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, like Dupree, it can't live outside a host.
2006-11-28 08:32:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there both dieses
2006-11-28 08:32:15 · answer #8 · answered by jbroedell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋