Great info, thanks! I thought (incorrectly) that infected cells were almost always killed, either by the virus or by the immune system itself —like how our bodies attempt to kill cells that are becoming cancerous.
I’ll have to read more about how infected cells can be told by the immune system to stop printing more viral particles without being killed in the process.
Chewie83 OP t1_iuxs7ml wrote
Reply to comment by MarineLife42 in Even if a virus doesn’t provoke a (noticeable) immune response in asymptomatic people, why don’t the deaths/lysis of the hijacked cells cause severe health effects in and of themselves? by Chewie83
Great info, thanks! I thought (incorrectly) that infected cells were almost always killed, either by the virus or by the immune system itself —like how our bodies attempt to kill cells that are becoming cancerous.
I’ll have to read more about how infected cells can be told by the immune system to stop printing more viral particles without being killed in the process.