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Why does your body temperature rise when you are infected with a virus?
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Viruses and...: ...Bacteria tend to grow much slower above normal body temperature (as any medical student finds out if they overheat their incubator in microbiology class). Fever helps the body fight the infection - people can tolerate higher temperatures than invading microorganisms.
Answered 3/26/2013
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Physiolocally: a normal response to fight off infection.
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