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slow virus

any of a number of viruses or viruslike infective agents that incubate for months or years before the manifestation of symptoms

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noun

Any of a group of animal viruses that cause diseases having an unusually long incubation period, as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Also called lentivirus.

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