Viruses In The Morning Are More Deadly

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Viruses in the morning have been found to be at their strongest when infecting their victims based on a recent study suggesting that this is something that people need to be fully aware of these effects.

Viruses in the morning can be deadly

In a study published in the journal PNAS, researchers from the University of Cambridge found that viruses were ten times more potent if an infection takes place in the morning hours.

Subsequently, the study also revealed that once the body clock gets disrupted, the subject is often susceptible to infection. This, according to scientists could then help provide further studies on how to deal with widespread pandemics.

“The virus needs all the apparatus available at the right time, otherwise it might not ever get off the ground, but a tiny infection in the morning might perpetuate faster and take over the body,” says Prof. Akhilese Reddy, one of the researchers of the study.

Viruses are entirely dependent on attacking cells to be able to replicate and infect other cells. These cells, however, change similar to a reboot as part of a natural 24-hour pattern called the body clock.

Animal testing

The tests were conducted on lab mice by the research team, with which they were infected with the influenza virus and the herpes virus that is known to cause infections including cold sores.

They found that those infected in the morning had viral levels 10 times more than those that were infected during the evening.

The viruses that were initiated late in the day were failing to successfully infiltrate the cells.

Reddy said there is a big difference in the potency level of the viruses in relation to the time of day, which he believes may be able to help control possible outbreaks that may occur.

One of the study’s authors, Dr. Rachel Edgar, also points out that another finding of the study revealed that when they disrupted body clock of the test mice, it initiated a state of inactivity that prompted the viruses to thrive.

 “This indicates that shift workers, who work some nights and rest some nights and so have a disrupted body clock, will be more susceptible to viral diseases. If so, then they could be prime candidates for receiving the annual flu vaccines,” says Edgar.

The researchers are hopeful that the findings of their study will help find ways to establish better treatment and effective means to counter the effects of viruses.

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