Viral replication involves six steps: attachment, penetration, uncoating, replication, assembly, and release. During attachment and penetration, the virus attaches itself to a host cell and injects its genetic material into it.
toxic enzymes that damage the host cell that are coded for in the viral genome
secretion of chemicals from the virus to the membrane of the host cell
replication of the viral genetic material within the host
lysis of the host to release new viruses
integrating into the host cell chromosomes
The kind of viral replication cycle that will most likely damage host cells immediately would be the lytic cycle.
The viral replication cycle is of two types:
In the lytic cycle, the host cell is destroyed immediately after the viral particle is able to replicate within it. The progenies then proceed to find a new host which they will destroy the same way.
In the lysogenic cycle, the host cell is not destroyed immediately. Instead, the virus integrates its genome into that of the host. The viral genome thus gets replicated along with the host's genome until they take over the entire genome.
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