Mims C A
Bull World Health Organ. 1975;52(4-6):747-51.
Viruses that cause persistent infections maintain themselves more effectively in nature than those causing acute and limited infections. There is a tendency for persistent viruses to evolve towards a state of minimal pathogenicity in the host. Vertical transmission, with integration of viral into host genome, represents the state of perfect parasitism.
引起持续性感染的病毒在自然界中比引起急性和局限性感染的病毒更能有效地维持自身。持续性病毒有朝着在宿主中致病性最小的状态进化的趋势。病毒整合到宿主基因组中的垂直传播代表了完美寄生的状态。