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Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by amelius on Sunday October 21, 2018 @11:03AM (#18268310)
> The disease couldn't be both hereditary and infectious.

Why not? Why couldn't "proneness to infection" be hereditary, and the actual infection completing the disease mechanism?

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Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by gameswithgo on Sunday October 21, 2018 @11:15AM (#18268408)
or the way you respond to the infection could be genetic.
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Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by choeger on Sunday October 21, 2018 @04:26PM (#18270013)
You would expect your models to distinguish the root cause. In your example their are either many infected that do not show symptoms or many related people that don't. In any case one of the models should be off.
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