infectiousness
Americannoun
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Modifying this anchor molecule can significantly change the properties of the viruses to their advantage -- by increasing their infectiousness or enabling them to switch hosts.
From Science Daily ● May 13, 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
Chin-Hong said there is a palpable disconnect between alarmed scientists and health officials focused solely on the infectiousness and mutations of the virus and a public that is increasingly less concerned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
No doubt there are certain people born with a tendency to infectiousness in regard to certain diseases; so there are those who catch the literary mania on slight exposure.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great by Elbert Hubbard
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