A study on fruit flies revealed that certain species are extremely vulnerable to a variety of viruses.
In the study – by the University of Exeter – 35 fruit fly species were exposed to 11 different viruses of diverse types
As expected, fly species that were less affected by a certain virus also tended to respond well to related viruses. Also read | HMPV cases in India: What is it and how does it spread? Expert shares symptoms
Findings of the study:
But the findings also show “positive correlations in susceptibility” to viruses in general. In other words, fly species that were resistant to one virus were generally resistant to others – including very different types of virus.
“Large-scale tests…