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Virus spreads by bouncing off infected cells

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Viral ping-pong lets vaccinia get to other cells faster.

Call it viral ping-pong: the vaccinia poxvirus tricks infected cells into flinging newly made virus particles far and wide, rapidly spreading the infection outward, according to a study by UK scientists.

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Vastag, B. Virus spreads by bouncing off infected cells. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.26

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