In Recent times, Viruses have gathered negative Connotations. Explain how Virus are beneficial to us.

Approach of the Answer

  • Introduction: Explain how Virus have evolved and they are integrated with Human Body.
  • Body: Write about their benefits.
  • Conclusion: Conclude with a Way Forward.

Answer

Virus like Ebola, Zika, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and COVID-19 keep emerging time and again. Out of the 60 families of viruses that we know of, 20 have members which can cause diseases in humans.

It is said that viruses were part of the ‘primordial soup’ from which life on earth emerged. These viruses are also responsible for as much as 30 per cent of all protein adaptations since ....

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