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The Benefits of Viruses for Human Health: Vaccines, Immunity, and More

TRIBUNMANADO.CO.ID – Viruses are one of the things that humans avoid.

The reason is, viruses are often associated with disease.

In fact, some viruses actually benefit humans.

The virus can kill bacteria or fight other viruses that are more dangerous.

This shows that viruses also have several benefits for humans.

Reporting from ClevelandClinic, viruses are microscopic organisms that can infect hosts, such as humans, plants or animals.

This organism consists of DNA or RNA genetic material, and has a protective shell or capsid.

To find out more about the benefits of viruses for human life, you can read the article below.

What are the benefits of viruses for humans?

The role of viruses in human life is widely used in the world of medicine and genetic engineering. Excerpted from NewsMedical and LifeSciences, here are some of the benefits of viruses for humans:

Vaccine creation

The weakened virus was used by scientist Edward Jenner in making the smallpox vaccine in 1978.

Similar technology is also used to manufacture vaccines for polio, MMR, rotavirus, yellow fever, measles, Covid-19, and others.

When a vaccine is given to a healthy individual, the vaccine can help the body’s immune system to recognize it, so that the body has immunity if one day it is infected with the cause of the disease.

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2023-09-21 12:03:58
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