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Both are DNA viruses that can cause benign warts that may progress to malignant tumors.—Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 This analysis revealed a new phylum of DNA viruses that are shaped like herpesviruses and infect eukaryotes but share a key enzyme with large and giant viruses.—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2023 So adenoviruses are DNA viruses that are in the environment.—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023 Both are RNA viruses, which mutate much more easily than DNA viruses—hence the dozens of variants and subvariants spun out of the original version of SARS-CoV-2.—Larry Brilliant, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022 Monkeypox is a DNA virus, which does not mutate as fast as RNA viruses like the coronavirus.—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 4 June 2022 The herpesvirus is a DNA virus (remember those?—Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
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