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defective virus |
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defective virus [di′fek·tiv ′vī·rəs] (virology) A virus, such as adeno-associated satellite virus, that can grow and reproduce only in the presence of another virus. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If that's the case, the defective strain might be used to make a vaccine: Healthy people would be exposed to the defective virus so that they could produce antibodies, chemicals that would protect them from more dangerous HIV strains. Nonetheless, Fauci says, the Australian group's work shows definitively that one of the avenues to long-term nonprogression is infection with a defective virus. These include the presence of an actively replicating, fully competent virus; the presence in the cells of a persistent virus infection; or the presence of a replicating but defective virus (14). |
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