Question

Viral infections usually end when the adaptive immune system starts producing large amounts of antibodies against the viruses, which results in efficient viral recognition and destruction. This process takes a few days to weeks to be completed. Keeping that in mind, is it possible for coronavirus to show logistic growth within an infected person, while showing exponential growth in a human population? Explain.

Answer 1

Ans- Yes, it is possible for coronavirus to show logistic curve in individual but exponential curve in population.

Explanation- This is because adaptive immunity takes time to develop in an individual so, during this time, the individual can pass infection to many people and the virus starts developing in these individuals hence, growing rapidly in population as exponential growth. While the development of adaptive immunity makes the virus growth curve logistic in individual.