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Recent Examples of viruses
All the vaccines available for children this year protect against three different influenza viruses (two A viruses and one B virus).
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Dr. Kristina Bryant, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
And a third found that the medication may have a broader antiviral effect against other respiratory viruses, including the influenza virus.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
With respiratory viruses also prevalent in colder weather, how can people distinguish between seasonal allergies and a virus?
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
Dr. Kristina Bryant, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
And a third found that the medication may have a broader antiviral effect against other respiratory viruses, including the influenza virus.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
With respiratory viruses also prevalent in colder weather, how can people distinguish between seasonal allergies and a virus?
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for viruses
diseases
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Instead, the soldiers carried bacteria that cause enteric fever and relapsing fever, two diseases that may have hastened the army’s downfall.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Both diseases would have been deadly in the early 1800s in the absence of sanitary conditions and antibiotics.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Viruses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viruses. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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