Submitted by Melodic_Cantaloupe88 t3_10ufc6d in askscience
Not just why but "how"? What I mean is stuff like HPV, Varicella (Chickenpox), HIV and EBV and others.
How do these viruses stay in the body?
I think I read before that the physical virus 'unit' doesn't stay in the body but after the first infection the genome/DNA for such virus is now integrated with yours and replicates anyway, only normally the genes are not expressed enough for symptoms or for cells to begin producing full viruses? (Maybe im wrong).
Im very interested in this subject.