How Do Viruses Get Into Cells? Their Infection Tactics Determine Whether They Can Jump Species or Set Off a Pandemic
Author: Peter Kasson.
Source: Volume 25, Number 01, Winter 2024 , pp.15-15(1)
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Abstract:
This article briefly explains how the viruses that cause these diseases actually infect you, how the body’s defenses work to disrupt viral entry and replication, under what conditions viruses can be transmitted from one species to another, and how new knowledge in this field is being applied to anticipate and mitigate emerging pandemics.Keywords: Immune Defenses Against Viruses; Species-Hopping and Pandemics; Viral Entry
Affiliations:
1: University of Virginia.