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
Technically speaking, gain-of-function is a method of modifying a pathogen in the lab to gauge its infectiousness in humans, the better to develop countermeasures such as vaccines.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024
It displays a familiarity with the sonic principles of old-fashioned country, while maintaining the infectiousness of current pop.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 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
We hear a great deal about the infectiousness of bad things and people are always talking about infectious disease and of corrupting influences in the world and all that sort of thing.
From Parent and Child Volume III., Child Study and Training by Hall, Mosiah
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