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      "classify viruses by genome and family",
      "find official prevention and vaccination information",
      "understand how transmission works in general",
      "follow public health guidance"
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      "Replicates only inside host cells",
      "No own metabolism",
      "Classified by ICTV",
      "Some cause disease, many do not"
    ],
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      "Genome type (DNA or RNA)",
      "Capsid shape and envelope",
      "Computer viruses are a different sense"
    ],
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        "unit": "nm",
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      }
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      "plant viruses",
      "bacteriophages",
      "insect viruses",
      "giant viruses"
    ],
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      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "pathogen and microorganism",
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      },
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        "relation": "infects",
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      },
      {
        "relation": "is prevented by",
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        "relation": "is confused with",
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        "note": "database"
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      "Biosafety level rules for laboratories"
    ],
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      "Spreading health misinformation",
      "Laboratory biosafety detail beyond general information"
    ],
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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                    "text": "Which virus and family is meant, according to ICTV?",
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                    "text": "Is it DNA or RNA based?",
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                  }
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              }
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            "id": "host",
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                    "text": "Which hosts does it infect?",
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                    "text": "Which health service should be contacted?",
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                  }
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            "id": "diagnosis",
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                "description": "Diagnosis limit.",
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                  {
                    "text": "Is the user asking for a diagnosis?",
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                    "text": "How should they be referred to a clinician?",
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                    "text": "Is a vaccine available, according to health authorities?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
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                    "text": "Where can official schedules be found?",
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                  }
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                    "text": "How does it spread, in general terms?",
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                    "text": "What measures do authorities recommend?",
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                    "text": "How does the virus replicate, in general terms?",
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                    "text": "Which sources describe it?",
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            "id": "applications",
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                "id": "applications-finding",
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                    "text": "How are viruses used in medicine or research?",
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                  {
                    "text": "What regulation applies?",
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    "Should virus families be separate entries?",
    "How should ICTV data be linked?",
    "How should public health guidance be localised?"
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