In article <jordan-2801951401410001 at mac-burl-11.dfci.harvard.edu>,
Rob Jordan <jordan at mbcrr.harvard.edu> wrote:
> The aggressiveness can be really very high, Ebola Zaire
>> for example kills 9 out of 10 human hosts in <14 days. I'd speculated that,
>> for the virus, this is not too good an idea as if you want to spread your
>> genetic material if your are too pathogenic then you eventually loose your
>> host. Whereas AIDS although equally agressive allows the host to live thus
>> allowing its (somewhat rapid) propagation.
>>>True, probably the most successful virus would be one that could replicate
>without causing any pathogenesis. Who knows perhaps we are infected with
>many more viruses than we know.
>>Rob J.
>HHV-6 and similarly discovered viruses spring to mind at this point.
Tim
