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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Pokérus is an example of a mutualistic virus (while seemingly oxymoronic, a "virus" is classified by infecting cells, rather than negative effects), in which both host and virus benefit. Viruses with possible positive effects exist in the real world,<ref>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v447/n7142/full/nature05762.html</ref> but all of Pokérus's known effects are objectively positive. A notable difference between biological viruses and the Pokérus is that biological viruses infect a host cell by mutating the cell's DNA. Pokérus only affects the host Pokémon's [[effort values]], not the host's [[individual values]], which are regarded as the Pokémon analogue to DNA. | * Pokérus is an example of a mutualistic virus (while seemingly oxymoronic, a "virus" is classified by infecting cells, rather than negative effects), in which both host and virus benefit. Viruses with possible positive effects exist in the real world,<ref>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v447/n7142/full/nature05762.html</ref> but all of Pokérus's known effects are objectively positive. A notable difference between biological viruses and the Pokérus is that biological viruses infect a host cell by mutating the cell's DNA. Pokérus only affects the host Pokémon's [[effort values]], not the host's [[individual values]], which are regarded as the Pokémon analogue to DNA. | ||
* The chance of encountering a [[Shiny Pokémon]] with Pokérus is 1/178,956,971. | * The chance of encountering a [[Shiny Pokémon]] with Pokérus is 1/178,956,971. By comparison, the chance of getting struck by lightning is roughly 1/500,000, which means any given player is several hundred times more likely to get struck by lightning then to even encounter a Shiny pokemon with the Pokérus. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||