virulence Definition
viru·lence (vir′yo̵o ləns, -o̵o-)
noun
- the quality of being virulent, or very poisonous, noxious, malignant, etc.
- bitter animosity; venom; rancor
- the relative infectiousness of a microorganism causing disease
Etymology: LL virulentia
virulence Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- pathogen: They also commonly contain double-stranded RNA of viral origin, which can affect the virulence of fungal pathogens.
- strain: The virulence of this strain of cholera is such that Maputo Central Hospital is using 13 liters of serum for each cholera patient.
- organism: Is it the virulence of the organism or the host immune response?
- virus: While freezing and refrigeration would not substantially reduce the concentration or virulence of viruses on contaminated meat, proper cooking kills such viruses.
Converse of object
- carry: Brown Rust of Barley The number of isolates carrying virulence to cv.
- increase: Theoretical studies indicate that partially effective vaccines may increase the virulence of pathogens.
Adjective modifier
- parasitoid: Work at Leiden University has shown considerable geographic variation across Europe in parasitoid virulence ( ability to prevent encapsulation ).
- increased: Code Red II's increased virulence was mostly caused by the included subnet scanning routines.
- low: Poliomyelitis virus of low virulence in patients with epidemic " summer grippe or sore throat " .
- high: Therefore, lack of genetic variation can not be the explanation for not detecting evolution of higher virulence.
- relative: The prevalence of eight toxin genes in Scottish MRSA and the association with strains and their relative virulence.
Modifies a noun
- determinant: Starter strains had less virulence determinants than food strains, which in turn had less than the pathogenic strains.
- factor: Barley mildew isolates continue to become more complex, the majority carrying eight or more virulence factors.
- gene: Recently experiments have been performed to look at the levels of virulence gene expression in mammalian cells.
- evolution: The direction of virulence evolution can be affected by the precise way in which clones interact in hosts.
- combination: Crown rust of oats Five virulence combinations were identified from the 1993 crown rust samples.
- expression: Recently experiments have been performed to look at the levels of virulence gene expression in mammalian cells.
Noun used with modifier
- pathogen: Combining all four different strategies lead to higher pathogen virulence despite the beneficial effect of anti-infection vaccines.
- parasite: Frank, S. A. ( 1996 ) Models of parasite virulence.
- barley: Mildew of barley Virulence factors corresponding to resistance factors in current barley cultivars were recorded at high levels similar to previous years.
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