infectivity
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We now know that the reproduction and infectivity of Aedes genus mosquitoes that transmit dengue viruses, and by extension the transmission rate and scale of outbreaks, are closely correlated with local temperature and rainfall.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024
A: We know that mosquito saliva has some factors in it, anticoagulants and things like that, that may or may not improve the infectivity.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 26, 2023
This mutation gives XBB.1.5 a significant advantage, boosting infectivity while retaining XBB’s ability to sneak past human defenses.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 10, 2023
These two mutations maintain the high level of immune escape of XBB, while also adding more infectivity advantage, giving the virus better ability to attach itself to the receptors that get it into our cells.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2023
Milk doubtless is infected most frequently from persons in the earlier stages of the disease when the infectivity of the disease is greater.
From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by H. L. (Harry Luman) Russell
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