What are some 'commercial uses' of viruses?

Also could you name some diseases caused by viruses, other than HIV/AIDS?

Thanks :]

Viruses are useful for injecting a DNA sequence into a cell without going through the transformation process and cell culture.

Viruses:
SARS
Herpes
Avian Flu
Swine Flu
Ebola Virus
Viral Hepatitis

Hopefully that is enough.

Development of pharmaceuticals--vaccine production.
Hantavirus
West Nile Virus
Rabies

Can use adenoviruses as vectors in gene therapy.

Herpes
Influenza
Mumps
Poliomyelitis
Rabies
SARS
Smallpox

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