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virulence

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


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The research also opens the possibility of combining albumin treatment with immunotherapies designed to target Mucorales virulence factors, which investigators at The Lundquist Institute are currently developing.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

"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

She knew her sister's character, the haughtiness of her spirit, and she was frightened by the virulence of her anger.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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