Please answer these questions What do viruses and cells have in common?
What makes viruses different from cells?
How does a typical virus get inside a cell?
What occurs when viruses get inside of cells?
Why are most viruses highly specific to the cells they infect?

1. they have nucleic acid genomes based on the same genetic code that's used in your cells
2. Cells are the basic units of life but viruses are non living particles that are infectious and are also much smaller then a cell. They also need a host to reproduce
3. The cell “tricks” the cell into letting it inside by its capsid proteins binding to receptors on the surface of a cell.
4. The virus produces more viral protein and genetic materials as the infected cell
5. Because viruses must bind precisely to proteins on the cell surface and then use a host's genetic system.