If a patient's adaptive immune response to a novel viral infection is slow, which consequence involving interferon signaling is most likely?

💡 Explanation

Slow adaptive immune response delays the production of type I interferons because this process is dependent on recognition of the virus by immune cells. Therefore, interferon-stimulated genes are activated later, rather than early activation; the other options are less immediately affected.

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