The viruses are able to mutate, within a selenium-deficient host, to a form that can cause damage even when the diet is perfect. For years we have known that good nutritional status can help fight infections. We have recognized the affect of diet on the HOST to a virus. We now must consider the results of a pathogen replicating itself in the body of a nutritionally deficient agent. Intriguing implications of this research arise from several observations.
China has a fairly large population of people that are selenium deficient.
The ebola virus apparently originated in a low-selenium area of Africa. The HIV virus is sometimes thought to have originated in cattle and crossed over to humans in Zaire, which is a low-selenium area. We are all a part of the main. No endorsement of products or firms is intended, nor is criticism implied of those not included.