More than one virus can contribute to plaque formation, and co-infection frequency increases with viral mutation load, challenging the assumption that each plaque represents a single infectious unit.
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May require re-evaluation of plaque-forming unit assays; leaves open co-infection effects in viral mutation studies.
Aguilera et al. (2017) studied this question.
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