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 ==Trivia==
-* Pokérus is an example of a symbiotic virus (while seemingly oxymoronic, a "virus" is classified by infecting cells, rather than negative effects). 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.
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