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Which Statement Is Not True About Chronic Persistent Viral Infections

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Which statement is not true about chronic persistent viral infections?


A) The immune system fails to clear the infection.
B) May involve periods of flare- up where the virus is actively replicating alternating with periods of dormancy.
C) A period of quiet infection where the host is asymptomatic is followed by a period of active viral replication.
D) May involve integration of the virus into the host cell DNA to form a provirus.
E) Small numbers of virions may be produced and released from host cells during the quiet periods.

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