«By requiring viruses to begin transcribing their DNA into RNA before disabling them, the type III CRISPR - Cas system
leaves dormant viruses intact, allowing them to continue benefiting the bacteria that host them,» he notes.
Not exact matches
Although
dormant viruses may not present symptoms, they often weaken the immune system,
leaving the body susceptible to other attackers.
This is because these females eventually clear their bloodstream of
virus leaving only the non-infective,
dormant virus in portions of their nervous system.
But when the initial infection was with the cat herpes - 1
virus (like human fever sore
virus and chicken pox both other types of herpesvirus and both of which also remain
dormant in our bodies) the
virus never really
leaves the cat's body.