First come, first served: Superinfection exclusion in Deformed wing virus is dependent upon sequence identity and not the order of virus acquisition.
O. Gusachenko, L. Woodford, K. Balbirnie-Cumming, D. J. Evans
This study investigates superinfection exclusion in Deformed wing virus (DWV) by analyzing competition between genetically distinct strains and finds that genetic divergence, not acquisition order, determines competitive ability.
bioRxiv · Mar 22, 2021Microbiology