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virulence

[vir-yuh-luhns, vir-uh-] / ˈvɪr jə ləns, ˈvɪr ə- /


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"These sugars are central to bacterial virulence, but they've been very hard to study," he said.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026

“The Saudis understood that their dispute with the Emiratis had crossed into an anti-Israel posture of increasing virulence, that it was creating serious problems for them in Washington,” Dubowitz said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

That genetic twist would likely diminish H5N1’s virulence, experts predict, but no one can say how much less deadly it might become.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024

The team of phage scientists said they will continue looking for similar instances of phages dampening the virulence of pathogenic bacteria.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024

When the typhus fever had fulfilled its mission of devastation at Lowood, it gradually disappeared from thence; but not till its virulence and the number of its victims had drawn public attention on the school.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë


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