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Not slacking multitasking
lol, just determined Lou.
see, my understanding (though interactions are complicated and my brain is currently struggling with the deep science at the moment) - so very basically is that a virus being latent it is preventing its replication and it is part of a survival strategy to remain in the host without being detected hence should have minimal effect on your system unless:
A. the affected cells can become cancerous,
B. the affected cells are the immune system cells.
C. the host becomes compromised in some other way causing the virus to leave its latent phase.
Have also just read interesting article on the possible symbiotic relationship of us and latent viruses:
www.physorg.com/pdf98540136.pdf
easier to read version:
http://notexactlyrocketscience.wordpress...gainst-another/
so if they might be good for us we should keep them, so why don't we know they are good for us?
see, my understanding (though interactions are complicated and my brain is currently struggling with the deep science at the moment) - so very basically is that a virus being latent it is preventing its replication and it is part of a survival strategy to remain in the host without being detected hence should have minimal effect on your system unless:
A. the affected cells can become cancerous,
B. the affected cells are the immune system cells.
C. the host becomes compromised in some other way causing the virus to leave its latent phase.
Have also just read interesting article on the possible symbiotic relationship of us and latent viruses:
www.physorg.com/pdf98540136.pdf
easier to read version:
http://notexactlyrocketscience.wordpress...gainst-another/
so if they might be good for us we should keep them, so why don't we know they are good for us?