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How do viruses get into cells? Their infection tactics determine whether they can jump species or set off a pandemic

  • Written by Peter Kasson, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
How do viruses get into cells? Their infection tactics determine whether they can jump species or set off a pandemicSurface proteins on a virus enable it to attach to and get inside a cell to start replicating.koto_feja/E+ via Getty Images

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