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Table 1 Cell and virus properties

From: Design and engineering of a transmissible antiviral defense

Type of cell

If infected by

Outcome

Uninfected

Lethal virus

Cell dies; lethal virus produces progeny

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Vaccine

Protected against lethal virus; remains susceptible to helper virus; cannot produce vaccine progeny

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Helper

Remains susceptible to lethal virus; produces helper progeny; can no longer be infected by vaccine

Vaccine-infected

Helper

Remains protected against lethal virus; now reproduces helper and vaccine progeny

Helper-infected

Lethal virus

Cell dies; lethal virus produces progeny