ImprovedPersonality t1_j7k9yqw wrote
Reply to comment by hugthemachines in (Virology) Has SARS-CoV-2 outcompeted all the other coronaviruses which have been called the ‘common cold’? by jsgui
How would competition work in the first place? Unless so many cells are already infected that virus #2 can't find any to reproduce?
Straight-Plankton-15 t1_j7o4pta wrote
In some cases, an infection with one virus can temporarily prompt higher production of interferons, which are innate immunity signaling molecules that are involved in antiviral defenses.
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