Acute Infections
Acute Infections
A parody of “Tough Act” by Maisie Peters
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
A shorter incubation
Means that viral replication
At the primary site produces symptoms
Of disease
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
Inapparent acute infections
Are successful but lack symptoms
But still spread within populations
Evolutionarily
They share a long history
With their host
[Pre-Chorus]
Acute infections are hard to control
Because an individual
Is most infectious prior to the
Peak symptoms
[Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
And the reproductive number
Is the number of people
Who will become infected
From one infected individual
[Chorus]
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
