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Viruses use other cells to reproduce. They eat the host cell after stopping regular growth of the cell or bacterium, and reproduce mainly by stopping cell production and injecting their own DNA into the cell to make more of that virus. Then the host cell is eaten or used for other purposes, and the new 'baby' viuses lie dormant until coming into contact with another host cell.
Viruses are the basic structure of life. They are simple organisms capable of evolving over time to adapt to their surrounding host cells. In coming in contact with a host cell, the virus will come out of dormancy and enter the host cell, injecting DNA into the cell, thus creating more of itself with the help of the host's energy.