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virus

[vahy-ruhs] / ˈvaɪ rəs /


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Contact with infected bodily fluids such as blood or vomit causes the virus to spread.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

A total of 2,325 people have been killed by the virus since it was declared on 15 May, surpassing the death toll of the country's 2018-2020 outbreak.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

In a July 23 Substack post, he wrote that early signs point to a potentially severe season for West Nile virus in California.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

That pandemic hit children and younger and middle-aged adults harder than seniors, who likely had been exposed to an older version of the H1N1 virus when they were younger.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

If this is true, the odd virus disease, on which we must focus so much of our attention in medicine, may be looked on as an accident, something dropped.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Rather than appearing to reactivate because the immune system had been suppressed, these viruses seemed to become active in response to inflammation.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

Reactivation of Anelloviridae, a poorly understood family of viruses that typically remains latent in about 90 percent of the population, showed a prominent association with long-term physical disability and long COVID.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

But growing evidence suggests that when these dormant viruses become active again, they may play a role in autoimmune diseases and other long-lasting health conditions.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

For safety, they only trained the models on DNA from viruses that can’t infect humans.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

All living things carry viruses in their cells.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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