Question

Measles is a viral disease. Symptoms of a measles infection include a fever, a runny nose, and a rash.

The replication process used by the measles virus results in the rapid destruction of the infected cell.

This process is known as -

А. the lytic cycle

B. mitosis

C. binary fission

D. the lysogenic cycle

Answer 1

The answer is A, the lyric cycle.


The lytic cycle results in the destruction of the infected cell and its membrane. Bacteriophages that only use the lytic cycle are called virulent phages.