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What is/are the correct code(s) for a patient with black lung disease from working in a coal mine?


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Viral Lytic Cycle

The process by which a virus reproduces itself inside a host cell, ultimately causing the cell to burst and release new virus particles.

Viral Lysogenic Cycle

A mode of viral reproduction that involves the integration of the viral genome into the host cell's DNA, lying dormant before eventually entering the lytic cycle to produce new virions.

Reverse Transcriptase

An enzyme that transcribes RNA into DNA, used by retroviruses to integrate their genetic material into the host's DNA.

Retroviruses

A group of RNA viruses that insert a DNA copy of their genome into the host cell in order to replicate, including HIV.

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