Daily News Analysis 15th Feb-20)
Yaravirus (Health) :- IE
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Yara virus
Why in News
Researchers have discovered an unusually small virus in a lake in Brazil. The virus has been named Yara virus after ‘Yara’, a water-queen figure in Brazilian mythology. The Yara virus infects amoeba and has genes that have not been described before, something that could challenge how Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) viruses are classified. DNA viruses are classified based on the protein that makes up their shell, or capsid. The Yara virus' capsid doesn't resemble any previously known protein. The Yara virus does not infect human cells.
Virus
A virus is a small parasite that cannot reproduce by itself. Once it infects a susceptible cell, however, a virus can direct the cell machinery to produce more viruses. Most viruses have either Ribonucleic acid (RNA) or Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) as their genetic material. Diseases caused by Virus: HIV/AIDS, smallpox, Ebola, etc.
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