amphotropic virus

[ ăm′fə-trŏp′ĭk, -trō′pĭk ]

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n.

An oncornavirus that does not produce disease in its natural host, but does replicate in tissue culture cells of the host species and in cells from other species.

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Words nearby amphotropic virus

amphoriskos, amphoteric, amphotericin, amphotericin B, amphoterism, amphotropic virus, ampicillin, ample, amplexicaul, amplexifoliate, amplexus

Example sentences from the Web for amphotropic virus

The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He became delirious, his heartbeat grew ragged, his blood teemed with the virus, and his lungs, liver and kidneys began to fail.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 8-14, 2014|William Boot|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By May 27, five people had succumbed to the virus and 16 more were infected.
Jail Threats for Sierra Leone Ebola Victims’ Families|Abby Haglage|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The current FDA-approved measles vaccine consists of live but weakened measles virus that is injected into the arm.
Powdered Measles Vaccine Could Be Huge for Developing World|Kent Sepkowitz|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The fact that the virus is still alive has sustained many safety concerns, both rational and irrational, about its use.
Powdered Measles Vaccine Could Be Huge for Developing World|Kent Sepkowitz|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If there is neuritis from the virus it becomes intense and causes muscular contractions, paresis, and paralysis.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
(p. 442) But it was the more poisonous virus of Secession which finally laid their proud city low.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
The scientists of Sator knew that the virus was virulent; in fact, too virulent for its own good.
Islands of Space|John W Campbell
They knew that shortly after every Nansalian died, the virus, too, would be dead.
Islands of Space|John W Campbell
It killed the host every time, and the virus could not live outside a living cell.
Islands of Space|John W Campbell

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