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Viruses are ultramicroscopic organisms that multiply in living cells. They have a central core of nucleic acid, either DNA or RNA. Viruses proliferate in a living cell where inclusion bodies develop, these can be in the cytoplasm, nucleus or both. Viral infections can be diagnosed with an electron microscope, cultivation of the virus and serology.
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Zaidi, Z., Hussain, K., Sudhakaran, S. (2019). Viral Infections. In: Treatment of Skin Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89581-9_6
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