virologist

[ vahy-rol-uh-jist, vi- ]

/ vaɪˈrɒl ə dʒɪst, vɪ- /

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a medical researcher or scientist who studies viruses and the diseases caused by them:She worked for several years as a virologist on the dengue fever vaccine development team, devising ways to weaken the virus so it could be incorporated into a vaccine.

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Origin of virologist

virolog(y) + -ist

Words nearby virologist

virilocal, virino, virion, virl, viroid, virologist, virology, Viron, virosis, v. irr., Virtanen

How to use virologist in a sentence

“I’m just as tired of this pandemic as everyone else is,” Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security, said in an interview.
CDC recommends against Thanksgiving travel amid surge of coronavirus cases|Brittany Shammas|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
Because virologists say that the pandemic will get worse this winter before vaccines arrive next year, we now have an even higher concern for any senior citizen or person with a co-morbidity.
In a grim year, a November Masters is something to be thankful for|Thomas M. Boswell|November 12, 2020|Washington Post
As news broke of a successful trial of Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine on Monday morning, the reaction of epidemiologists and virologists came pouring in.
Infectious disease experts are very excited about the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine|kdunn6|November 9, 2020|Fortune
Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University, explained to Rolling Stone why a negative test isn’t a sufficient reason for someone like Pence to not quarantine.
The fight over plexiglass dividers at the VP debate is a microcosm of Pence’s coronavirus failures|Aaron Rupar|October 7, 2020|Vox

On January 13, we published “Mystery China pneumonia outbreak likely caused by new human coronavirus” by Connor Bamford, a virologist at Queen’s University Belfast.
A Million Deaths From Coronavirus: Seven Experts Consider Key Questions|LGBTQ-Editor|September 30, 2020|No Straight News
The Virologist By Andrew Marantz, New Yorker How a young entrepreneur built an empire by repackaging memes.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 29-Jan 4, 2014|William Boot|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST