A virus's ability to infect an animal cell depends primarily upon the

A) host cell's ability to phagocytize viral particles.
B) presence of receptor sites on the cell membrane.
C) type of viral nucleic acid.
D) enzymatic activity of a host cell.
E) presence of pili on the host cell wall.


B

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