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adenovirus

American  
[ad-n-oh-vahy-ruhs] / ˌæd n oʊˈvaɪ rəs /

noun

adenoviruses plural
  1. any of a group of DNA viruses that cause eye and respiratory diseases.


adenovirus British  
/ ˌædɪnəʊˈvaɪrəs /

noun

  1. any of a group of viruses that can cause upper respiratory diseases in man Compare enterovirus myxovirus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adenovirus Scientific  
/ ăd′n-ō-vīrəs /
  1. Any of a group of DNA-containing viruses of the family Adenoviridae that commonly cause conjunctivitis, gastroenteritis, and respiratory infections such as colds, bronchitis, and pneumonia in humans.


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Origin of adenovirus

First recorded in 1955–60; adeno- + virus

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To make this discovery, researchers focused on adenovirus, a common culprit in cardiac infection and myocarditis, using Mouse Adenovirus Type-3 to replicate the human infection process.

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2024

Contributing factors in his death were listed as COVID-19, adenovirus and rhinovirus, the autopsy showed.

From Seattle Times Feb. 16, 2024

Lukashenko, sounding hoarse, told a meeting on health issues that he had been suffering from an adenovirus, which is a common cold virus.

From Reuters May 23, 2023

Most of the children with unexplained hepatitis also tested positive for at least one herpes virus, which means that many were infected by at least three viruses: AAV2, an adenovirus and a herpes virus.

From New York Times Mar. 30, 2023

Whereas viruses need a host cell to reproduce, an AAV needs both a cell and the co-infection of an adenovirus to multiply.

From Scientific American Feb. 13, 2023

The scientists were examining the DNA of a group of viruses called adenoviruses, which cause the common cold.

From Scientific American Feb. 13, 2023

Four shots delivered adenoviruses carrying a “mosaic” of genes from different HIV subtypes, and the final two contained two versions of HIV’s surface protein.

From Science Magazine Jan. 25, 2023

Infectious disease experts have noted that other respiratory illnesses, such as rhinoviruses and adenoviruses, are also circulating.

From New York Times Dec. 16, 2022

If the leading theories are correct, adenoviruses are exceptionally common, and the CDC estimates that 75 percent of children have already contracted the coronavirus.

From Washington Post May 17, 2022

There are dozens of adenoviruses, many of them associated with coldlike symptoms, fever, sore throat and pink eye.

From Seattle Times May 6, 2022

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