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Originally Posted by prasad_den
Its not just the HIV...Any virus always needs a live cell to survive in. Once out of a live cell, its survival is very less, unless it is crystallised by extreme cold...!!!
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a virus needs a cell to replicate, NOT to survive! this is the basic difference between a virus and other microorganisms! others like the bacteria, protista (amoeba, euglena etc). need a medium. if they do not get it, they die. only freezing can preserve them.
but this is not the case wid virus! when outside the cell, viruses are dormant. they are NOT dead! that is why viruses are called the missing link between the living and the dead and hence the hue and cry in the classificatin of virus in the living kingdom!