Hanta Virus

[gordon stelter]

O.K..  But I've heard that some are very good at
encapsulating themselves with something to remain cozy
and safe in a hostile environment, until a more
amenable one presents itself. And a piano, especially
a neglected piano in a damp basement or such, dark and
enclosed, seems a VERY hospitable environment for
poop-encased virii to "lay low" until a scrumptious
host (tuner, kid, etc.) arrives.
     Thump

--- Sarah Fox <sarah@gendernet.org> wrote:
> Hi Carl et al.,
> 
> > It's my understanding that virii are dead.  That's
> why antibiotics can't
> kill them.  Virii are fractured dna particals whose
> danger is that the body
> tends to replicate them and cause problems.   I
> don't know if that is true
> or not.
> 
> Very good!  That probably puts you in the 99th
> percentile of knowledge on
> this point. :)
> 
> Viruses take different forms, but they are commonly
> DNA or RNA strands
> encased in a protein.  When the protein attaches to
> a cell membrane and
> penetrates it, the genetic material enters the cell.
>  The cell then
> replicates the genetic material and the protein
> capsules until it fills up
> with them and bursts.  Then the replicated viruses
> attack other cells.  Very
> nasty.
> 
> Viruses are not killed but rather physically
> destroyed by UV light, pH
> changes, dehydration, temperature, etc.  (They're
> also recognized and
> destroyed by our immune systems, of course.)  To
> gain an appreciation of
> what happens to a virus when it dries up, wad up a
> piece of paper.  Now
> "rehydrate" it by straightening it out.  Does it
> look like new? <grin>
> Large organic molecules undergo nasty changes in
> conformation with heating,
> dehydration, pH changes, etc., such that they can't
> be completely
> straightened out later -- like a hopelessly tangled
> slinky.  That renders
> them harmless.
> 
> The final question is one of how much dehydration,
> temp change, pH change,
> etc. is necessary to hopelessly tangle the thing. 
> On that issue, I know
> very little of this particular virus.
> 
> Peace,
> Sarah Fox (OH)
> 
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