latent viral infection

Chronic latent infection with specific viral strains protects mice against some bacterial infections, a Nature study reveals this week1.

本周的《自然》上说，某些病毒株的持续潜在感染能保护小鼠免受一些细菌的感染。

A latent or immortalizing infection may result from DNA virus infection of a cell that restricts or lacks the machinery for transcribing all the viral genes.

潜伏或永生化感染可以在DNA病毒感染的细胞中引起，因其限制或缺乏病毒基因转录所需的设备材料。