Acute Infections

To the tune of "Tough Act" by Maisie Peters
Incubation period
Is before symptoms are apparent
There is virus replication
The host is responding
Transmission may or may not be occurring
Length can have large variation
A shorter incubation
Means that viral replication
At the primary site produces symptoms
Of disease
Acute infection
Leads to a large production
Of viral particles in the host
A short but possibly
Severe course of disease
There will either be immune clearance or not
It will have a binary outcome
Inapparent acute infections
Are successful but lack symptoms
But still spread within populations
Evolutionarily
They share a long history
With their host
Acute infections are hard to control
Because an individual
Is most infectious prior to the
Peak symptoms
Acute infection
Leads to a large production
Of viral particles within the host
A short but possibly
Severe course of disease
There will either be immune clearance or not
It will have a binary outcome
And the reproductive number
Is the number of people
Who will become infected
From one infected individual
Acute infection
Leads to a large production
Of viral particles in the host
A short but possibly
Severe course of disease
There will either be immune clearance or not
It will have a binary outcome
It will have a binary outcome