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Sociovirology: Conflict, Cooperation, and Communication among Viruses

Stuart A. WestRafael SanjuánSamuel L. Díaz-muñoz

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0301 basic medicineKnowledge managementCoinfectionbusiness.industryviruses030106 microbiologyPsychological interventionBiologyMicrobiologyArticleCritical examination3. Good health03 medical and health sciences030104 developmental biologyConceptual frameworkVirus DiseasesVirologyHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansParasitologySocial evolutionbusinessSignal TransductionVirus Physiological Phenomena

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Viruses are involved in various interactions both within and between infected cells. Social evolution theory offers a conceptual framework for how virus-virus interactions, ranging from conflict to cooperation, have evolved. A critical examination of these interactions could expand our understanding of viruses and be exploited for epidemiological and medical interventions.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2017.09.012