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Persistent infection differs from latent infection in that virus is

  • A.never produced at any stage
  • B.produced only after the host dies
  • C.produced only in another host species
  • D.produced continuously at a low level

Answer: D

In a persistent infection the cell survives and sheds virus steadily, which non-cytolytic budding makes possible. Latency is the other pattern: the genome is present and quiet, with production resuming only on reactivation.

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