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Re:Prions, Nearly Indestructible and Universally Lethal, See... by selimthegrim on Monday December 10, 2018 @06:16PM (#18651970)
What's a virion?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/10/mysterious-p...

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Re:Prions, Nearly Indestructible and Universally Lethal, See... by arkades on Monday December 10, 2018 @08:50PM (#18652771)
A virion is the singular noun for a viral particle. The viral genetic material plus capsid equal an individual virion.
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Re:Prions, Nearly Indestructible and Universally Lethal, See... by zaarn on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @01:51AM (#18653619)
Virion and Viriod are two different things. The former is about 10 to 100 times larger than the later.
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