infectivity

American  

[in-fek-tiv-i-tee] / ˌɪn fɛkˈtɪv ɪ ti /

noun

plural

infectivities

1. the ability to infect an organism or cause infection.

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Other Word Forms

• non-infectivity noun

Example Sentences

The space-station phages gradually accumulated specific mutations that could boost phage infectivity or their ability to bind receptors on bacterial cells.

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As reported in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, wood has natural antiviral properties that can reduce the time viruses persist on its surface -- and some species of wood are more effective than others at reducing infectivity.

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For a nonenveloped enterovirus, the researchers found that incubation on oak and spruce surfaces resulted in a loss of infectivity within about an hour, with oak having an onset time of 7.5 minutes and spruce after 60 minutes.

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Pine, birch and eucalyptus reduced the virus' infectivity after four hours, and alder showed no antiviral effect.

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Spruce came in second, showing a sharp drop in infectivity after 10 minutes.

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