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          • virion
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          • A complete virus particle that consists of an RNA or DNA core with a protein coat sometimes with external envelopes and that is the extracellular infectious form of a virus. Merriam-Webster
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          • When airborne, infective virus can drift through the air as an aerosol. In this form of transmission, “very small droplets that come out of our mouth very quickly evaporate the water off, and we’re left with a gel kind of material...that forms a bit of a protective environment for those virions to survive for longer,” Mackay explains. This is distinct from droplet-based spread of the virus. - The Scientist by
          • If you get enough virions on your hands and then touch your mucous membranes, including your mouth, nose and eyes, you could get infected. - The Globe and Mail by
          • Instead, the article suggests the cold makes us more susceptible to the virions and could activate dormant ones that are already inside us. It’s not just Covid-19, viral acute respiratory tract infections (vARIs) are also a major problem for microbiology. - WBUR by
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          • সম্পূর্ণ ভাইরাস বা পূর্ণাঙ্গ ভাইরাস
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          • সম্পূর্ণ বা পূর্ণাঙ্গ ভাইরাস যা বাইরের প্রোটিন আবরণ এবং অভ্যন্তরীণ নিউক্লিক অ্যাসিডের কোর (আরএনএ বা ডিএনএ) নিয়ে গঠিত। Own research - by Md Abu Alam
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          • করোনাভাইরাস কোনো সম্পূর্ণ বা পূর্ণাঙ্গ ভাইরাস কিনা, অর্থাৎ এর বাইরের প্রোটিন আবরণ এবং অভ্যন্তরীণ নিউক্লিক অ্যাসিডের কোর রয়েছে কিনা, আমি সেটা জানার চেষ্টা করছি। by Md Abu Alam
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