label: Drosophila C virus infection
label_lc: drosophila c virus infection
description: A virus infection induced by Drosophila C virus (DCV) which is a positive-sense RNA virus belonging to the Dicistroviridae family. This natural pathogen of the model organism Drosophila melanogaster is commonly used to investigate antiviral host-defense in flies, which involves both RNA interference and inducible responses.