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ImprovedPersonality t1_j7k9yqw wrote

How would competition work in the first place? Unless so many cells are already infected that virus #2 can't find any to reproduce?

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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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