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Both are DNA viruses that can cause benign warts that may progress to malignant tumors.
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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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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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“DNA virus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DNA%20virus. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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