Examples of virulence in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In Earth Abides, when a plague of unprecedented virulence sweeps the globe, the human race is all but wiped out. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 25 June 2024 The virus may also be growing weaker in virulence but more infectious over time. T. Jacob John, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2020 Influenza may be the world’s most familiar viral pathogen—its genome, virulence, and transmission patterns have been studied for decades. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 5 May 2024 But the disease has surged with particular virulence in Brazil, where epidemiologists expect the number of dengue cases to reach into the millions — more than doubling the previous record — and potentially kill thousands of people. Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for virulence 

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“Virulence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virulence. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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