Biology GCSE
Cell damage and symptoms
What Cell damage and symptoms means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Cell damage and symptoms
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The host cell is often damaged or destroyed when the new viruses burst out, and this cell damage produces the symptoms of the viral disease.
Topics that use Cell damage and symptoms
- Communicable (infectious) diseases (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Antibiotics
- Communicable diseases
- Host-pathogen interaction
- Hygiene and sanitation
- Immune response
- Pathogen
- Pathogen mechanisms
- Pathogens
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