infectiousness
Americannoun
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The researchers compared the infectiousness of two strains of avian flu, including H5N1, at different viral particle levels in mice lacking the IFITM3 gene and normal mice.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024
While the at-home tests aren’t always great at catching infections early on, they are our best available tool to measure infectiousness.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
By the beginning of 2022 Omicron had become the dominant strain in the U.S., its seeming boundless infectiousness surpassing that of all previous variants.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 14, 2022
The Omicron variant’s astonishing infectiousness and propensity to spin off new subvariants complicate the picture even more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
There is no reason for believing that measles can be propagated during the period of incubation; on the other hand, there is no satisfactory argument for the denial of its infectiousness in the desquamative stage.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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