Examples of RNA virus in a Sentence
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Ribavirin, a broad-spectrum antiviral that works well against RNA viruses and is also used to treat hepatitis C, is the primary treatment.
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Jen Christensen, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
Your immune system can detect mRNA in endosomes because this is usually a sign of an RNA virus infection – cellular mRNAs normally don’t enter endosomes.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
Holmes is famous among virologists for his work on the evolution of RNA viruses (including coronaviruses), his pristinely bald head and his mordant candor.
—David Quammen, New York Times, 25 July 2023
What about zombies of SARS-CoV-2, the RNA virus that causes COVID?
—John Yin, Scientific American, 29 July 2022
One of the questions that arises with any single drug treatment of an RNA virus is the level of resistance.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
The virus is an RNA virus, meaning that its genetic material is stored in RNA, not DNA.
—Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 23 Nov. 2021
West Nile is a type of RNA virus that causes West Nile fever in humans, other animals and birds.
—Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2021
Coronavirus, which is an RNA virus, can evolve more easily than DNA viruses.
—Tom Steele, Dallas News, 28 June 2021
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Jen Christensen, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
Your immune system can detect mRNA in endosomes because this is usually a sign of an RNA virus infection – cellular mRNAs normally don’t enter endosomes.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
Holmes is famous among virologists for his work on the evolution of RNA viruses (including coronaviruses), his pristinely bald head and his mordant candor.
—David Quammen, New York Times, 25 July 2023
What about zombies of SARS-CoV-2, the RNA virus that causes COVID?
—John Yin, Scientific American, 29 July 2022
One of the questions that arises with any single drug treatment of an RNA virus is the level of resistance.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
The virus is an RNA virus, meaning that its genetic material is stored in RNA, not DNA.
—Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 23 Nov. 2021
West Nile is a type of RNA virus that causes West Nile fever in humans, other animals and birds.
—Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2021
Coronavirus, which is an RNA virus, can evolve more easily than DNA viruses.
—Tom Steele, Dallas News, 28 June 2021
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“RNA virus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/RNA%20virus. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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RNA virus
noun
: a virus (as a paramyxovirus or a retrovirus) whose genome consists of RNA
Hepatitis C remains largely a mystery; it is one of the RNA viruses, which are less well understood than are DNA viruses, and it has defied efforts to grow it in a test tube.—Nancy Shute, U.S. News & World Report
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