Viral Infections

The "key's on the outside of the virus attaches to the "locks" on the host cell

The virus tricks the host cell into letting it go inside

The virus hijacks the host cell's nucleus and begins to make copies of itself

These copies are then assembled into fully functional viruses

Millions of copies of the original virus are made

The new viruses are released from the host cell

This process damages the infected cell

The new viruses go on to infect more cells

The cycle will start all over