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Is it possible for a person to become “reinfected” with the same strain of a virus?
If a person contracts a virus, viral conjunctivitis for example, is it possible for the individual to become "reinfected" with the exact same strain of the virus once the person has it treated and the ...
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Is every part of a virus important for replication?
Is every component of a virus absolutely essential for its infection and replication in a host cell? Or can you just have parts of it to cause infection?
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How to understand influenza strain designations?
What do the strain designations for flu mean?
For example avian flu is classified as H5N1, what do the letters H, ...
