Who is plagued by the flu, can’t take comfort in that he probably gets a cold: scientists at the University of Glasgow have found that people who had the Influenza, are less frequently affected, in addition, yet common cold virus.

In 44.230 cases with acute respiratory disease were tested, by means of which viruses they caused had been. In 35 percent of cases, one of eleven virus was found, and in eight percent more of a type of virus. It was noticeable that Influenza A viruses that cause influenza, and rhinoviruses, which cause colds, occurred relatively rarely at the same time: patients with Influenza A were infected with an approximately 70 percent reduction in the probability with Rhinovirus than patients infected with other virus types. This could explain why in the flu season, less often colds occur, and Vice versa.

Less Erkältungen in the flu season

Dr. Sema Nickbakhsh illustrates an example of what could be the reason: "Just like lions and hyenas in the Masai Mara to food resources to compete, we believe that respiratory viruses to resources in the Airways to compete."

The researchers had expected that viruses of the same type, such as, for example, various Influenza strains, compete with each other. With interactions between completely different types of virus you had not expected, however. Study leader Dr. Pablo Murcia said: "We have shown that we need to study different viruses as if it were an Ecosystem." Currently, the Team is to educate tried on the way in which respiratory viruses interact with each other.

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