Common cold combats influenza

(Yale University) As the flu season approaches, a strained public health system may have a surprising ally -- the common cold virus. Rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of common colds, can prevent the flu virus from infecting airways by jumpstarting the body's antiviral defenses, Yale researchers report Sept. 4 in the journal The Lancet Microbe.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news