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Life Sciences => Cells, Microbes & Viruses => Topic started by: taregg on 20/05/2014 19:28:38

Title: Do high temperatures increase viruses in your body?
Post by: taregg on 20/05/2014 19:28:38
does high  temperature increase virus in body....and how.
Title: Re: Do high temperatures increase viruses in your body?
Post by: yellowcat on 05/06/2014 17:18:58
I don't think so. Many viruses do not replicate so well at elevated temperatures/fever is part of the immune response against viral infections.
Of course in biology things are seldom simple, thinking of avian flu, birds generally have a higher body temperature  than mammals so presumably their viruses are heat adapted.
Maybe that is why avian  flu is such a dangerous infection.