Response to viral infections depends on entry route of virus

Friday, December 5, 2014 - 15:51 in Biology & Nature

Insects can transmit viral diseases to humans. Therefore, understanding how insects cope with viral infection, and what immune mechanisms are triggered, can be important to stop diseases transmission. In a new study, researchers now show that the entry route of the virus changes how the insect host responds to it.

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