infectivity
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Pine, birch and eucalyptus reduced the virus' infectivity after four hours, and alder showed no antiviral effect.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 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
The high mortality and infectivity of this epidemic strongly suggest it.
From Peking Dust by La Motte, Ellen Newbold
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