This type of pathogen is not cellular, and is instead composed of either RNA (Ribonucleic acid), or DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid). Pathogenic viruses infiltrate host cells and manipulate the organelles within the cell such as the Ribosomes, Golgi Apparatus, and Endoplasmic Reticulum to reproduce a multitude of times which commonly results in the death of the host cell via cellular decay. All the virus's that were contained within the lipid bilayer of the cell membrane are then released into the intercellular matrix to infect neighboring cells to continue the cycle.