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A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism.

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A disease caused by these organisms.

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He caught a virus and had to stay home from school.

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Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.

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A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.

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Any type of malware.

The virus cannot live in immunized individuals, nor in nature.

The virus is transmitted to humans by mosquito bites.

The new versions have facilities that greatly ease the task of updating the virus definitions on a regular basis.

Efforts are now underway to identify the second genomic component (if any) and produce full-length clones of the virus.

His interests in theoretical plant virus epidemiology were re-awakened by links with Mike Thresh and have subsequently developed into major research initiatives.

There are many types of this virus but only a few affect the genitals.

A controlled virus taxonomical and functional classification has been used for all the proteins and protein families in the database.

Severe disease in adult dairy cattle in three UK dairy herds associated with BVD virus infection.

The most common infectious diseases reported are viral diseases, such as duck virus hepatitis and duck virus enteritis (duck plague ).

Both compounds are inhibitors of the HCV protease enzyme, which the virus uses to replicate itself.

They also fudge the issue of decreasing services for an increasing number of people living with the virus.

A virus causing chronic, and occasionally acute, liver inflammation.

Virus infection induced late cell lysis in asthmatic cells but not in normal cells.

Neonatal herpes occurs when Mom acquires the virus in the 12 weeks before delivery, it is new infections that are the problem.

Back to the top Cold Sores These are caused by the virus herpes simplex.

Vitamin C was also able to inactivate other viruses in vitro, including herpes simplex, rabies, and tobacco mosaic virus.

Shingles A painful skin rash due to the virus herpes zoster.

Within the particles, the virus DNA is associated with four cellular histones.

This histological and MRI evidence of lesions indicates that the polio virus both damaged and destroyed neurons in CNS territories beyond the anterior horn.

Research studies to test a vaccine to protect humans against H5N1 virus are expected to begin in April 2005.

Fusion peptides are short, relatively hydrophobic sequences that are well conserved within, but not between, virus families.

The intracerebral inoculation of mice with herpes simplex virus produces lesions similar to those seen in the human herpes simplex viral encephalitis.

Susceptible and resistant responses to challenge with soil-borne virus inoculum were evident.

This type of virus could potentially make the computers inoperable.

Between 1955 and 1963, millions of people were exposed to monkey virus SV40 through contaminated oral polio vaccines made from monkey kidneys.

This includes legionnaire 's disease, caused by a bacterium, and SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) caused by a virus.

T-cell leukemia virus can increase the risk of adults getting T-cell leukemia virus can increase the risk of adults getting T-cell leukemia.

T-cell leukemia virus can increase the risk of adults getting T-cell leukemia.

These questions could easily be answered by molecular genetic analysis of the virus or viruses from infected livestock in the outbreak.

Now, with CD4 counts around 400 and an undetectable viral load the virus is no longer at the forefront of my mind.

Forget all the pornographers, mass mailers and virus producers; one Daly is sufficient justification for the existence of the World Wide Web.

The virus writers used to hide viruses here (often malicious ones ).

The virus was isolated from an adult T cell malignancy.

The flu virus mutates frequently, changing its genetics, but it rarely goes through the changes that allow it to routinely infect mammals.

They target HIV because the virus is coated with the sugar mannose, which the bacteria use as a food source.

To control an epidemic of FMD it is essential to understand the mechanism by which the FMD virus is being spread.

What causes meningitis Meningitis is usually caused by a bacteria or a virus.

A bird flu virus could merge with a human flu virus to create a new virus.

Almost 90% of American cows contain a cancer-causing microbe called bovine leukemia virus.

Hepatitis A is a relatively mild form of the virus; most patients require no medical care.

The virus is similar to the herpes virus, and to the Epstein-Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis.

As the number of viruses increase, the virus checker programs have to be updated quarterly or even monthly.

Emergence, spread and strategies for controlling the pandemic of cassava mosaic virus disease in east and central Africa.

Satellite RNA for control of plant diseases caused by cucumber mosaic virus.

Protection of transgenic plants expressing the coat protein gene of watermelon mosaic virus II or zucchini yellow mosaic virus against six potyviruses.

The genetic control of resistance to turnip mosaic virus in Brassica.

The aedes aegypti mosquito carries the virus from person to person.

Occasionally, the virus is transmitted by the mosquitoes to humans.

The virus is transmitted by various beetles with biting mouthparts.

One main reason is that the virus is very mutable, and can readily mutate to escape immune detection.