In an article published in Cell, Karim Majzoub’s team at IGMM and their collaborators show that some deltaviruses can spread hidden inside another virus, like a true “Trojan horse.”
These viruses, dependent on a “helper virus,” use this mechanism to infect new cells, revealing a surprising strategy that could influence their transmission, tropism, and evolution.
This discovery provides new insights into deltavirus biology and opens up fresh avenues for virology research.
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When one virus carries another: the “Trojan horse” of deltaviruses | CNRS Biologie
Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse: Cell
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