viruses vs the immune system
Nov. 18th, 2009 02:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslI'd love to see a plot showing "number of viruses exposed" vs "probability of infection", where subjects are injected with viruses in varying quantities.
Presumably a single virus (what do you call an individual virus?) isn't enough to make you sick most of the time. I imagine we'd be sick all the time if that were the case...
If you inject a single virus into bloodstream, is it most likely to get lost, get blocked or reproduce?
Can we develop immunity by low-grade exposure to a virus?
My question also applies to other microbial parasites.
Presumably a single virus (what do you call an individual virus?) isn't enough to make you sick most of the time. I imagine we'd be sick all the time if that were the case...
If you inject a single virus into bloodstream, is it most likely to get lost, get blocked or reproduce?
Can we develop immunity by low-grade exposure to a virus?
My question also applies to other microbial parasites.