Friday, June 27, 2014

Fighting Parasitic Infection Inadvertently Unleashes Dormant Virus

Fighting Parasitic Infection Inadvertently Unleashes Dormant Virus

Released: 6/26/2014 12:00 PM EDT 
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Science Express

Newswise — Signals from the immune system that help repel a common parasite inadvertently can cause a dormant viral infection to become active again, a new study shows.

Further research is necessary to understand the clinical significance of the finding, but researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis said the study helps illustrate how complex interactions between infectious agents and the immune system have the potential to affect illness.

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