\#1 >or of a portion of the pathogen's structure That's what it creates. \#2 Thousands of people would all have to be lying. If you're that distrustful, there are other things you should be worrying about before you worry about this. \#3 So what if it does? It won't be replicated. It'll stay with the original cell until it dies. It also won't have any effect in the nucleus, protein synthesis takes place in the ribosomes.