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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Pokérus is an example of a {{wp|Mutualism (biology)|mutualistic}} {{wp|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 {{wp|Mutualism (biology)|mutualistic}} {{wp|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.
* Prior to Generation VI, the chance of encountering a [[Shiny Pokémon]] with Pokérus is 1/178,956,971.
* Prior to Generation VI, the chance of encountering a [[Shiny Pokémon]] with Pokérus is 1/178,956,971. After Generation VI, that chance is 1/805,306,368.


==References==
==References==