virulent

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But time travel is an imperfect science, and the technician overseeing the process is delirious from a virulent new strain of flu, so Kivrin is accidentally dropped into 1348, the year of the Black Death.

From The Wall Street Journal

But in the sentencing, Judge Richard Marks KC said the case involved "recklessness on a very high scale and language of a virulent nature".

From BBC

It said there had been outbreaks on wards and the dominant strain was "particularly virulent".

From BBC

"This is a particularly virulent strain of influenza and there are lots of children experiencing very high temperatures and they are experiencing the flu for much longer than we would expect."

From BBC

She explained that the vaccine strain appears smooth and stable at the surface, while the virulent strain has a noticeably uneven, textured exterior.

From Science Daily