Villains or heroes? The raison d'être of viruses
Abstract The relationship between humans and viruses has a long history. Since the first identification of viruses in the 19th century, we have considered them to be ‘pathogens’ and have studied their mechanisms of replication and pathogenicity to combat the diseases that they cause. However, the re...
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doaj-ef36b0ac4dd140bdb489c3e961f003a92020-11-25T02:40:07ZengWileyClinical & Translational Immunology2050-00682020-01-0192n/an/a10.1002/cti2.1114Villains or heroes? The raison d'être of virusesTokiko Watanabe0Yoshihiro Kawaoka1Division of Virology Department of Microbiology and Immunology Institute of Medical Science University of Tokyo Tokyo JapanDivision of Virology Department of Microbiology and Immunology Institute of Medical Science University of Tokyo Tokyo JapanAbstract The relationship between humans and viruses has a long history. Since the first identification of viruses in the 19th century, we have considered them to be ‘pathogens’ and have studied their mechanisms of replication and pathogenicity to combat the diseases that they cause. However, the relationships between hosts and viruses are various and virus infections do not necessarily cause diseases in their hosts. Rather, recent studies have shown that viral infections sometimes have beneficial effects on the biological functions and/or evolution of hosts. Here, we provide some insight into the positive side of viruses.https://doi.org/10.1002/cti2.1114neo‐virologyviral purposeviral roles in the ecosystem |
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Clinical & Translational Immunology |
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Abstract The relationship between humans and viruses has a long history. Since the first identification of viruses in the 19th century, we have considered them to be ‘pathogens’ and have studied their mechanisms of replication and pathogenicity to combat the diseases that they cause. However, the relationships between hosts and viruses are various and virus infections do not necessarily cause diseases in their hosts. Rather, recent studies have shown that viral infections sometimes have beneficial effects on the biological functions and/or evolution of hosts. Here, we provide some insight into the positive side of viruses. |
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