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vi ruh luhns

  • n  extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)
    the virulence of the plague
  • n  extreme hostility
    the virulence of the malicious old man

  • Determining the virulence of a new disease takes time, and flu viruses can mutate unexpectedly to become more (or less) severe.
  • But hovering in the background of the current pandemic is the possibility that H1N1's virulence might suddenly change.
  • Much has been made of the virulence and lethality of the avian-flu virus, but new findings suggest that mild and asymptomatic infections in humans may have gone unnoticed; the .
News & Articles

  • EurekaMag.com Publishes 112 Thousand New Zoology References and a Bibliography on Virulence
    After its latest inclusion of 112 thousand new zoological references and a bibliography on virulence, the Life, Earth and Health Sciences Magazine EurekaMag.com now provides 37.3 million references including 11.7 million abstracts in the basic and applied biological, geographical and health sciences. (PRWeb August 04, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8 ...
    Aug. 4, 2013 - PRWeb
Quotes

  • Alberto Romulo in International Herald Tribune
    Global terrorism has assumed new forms of virulence and we will make sure that the community is more secure and resistant to the threat of terror,said Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo of the Philippines.
  • Pierre Paquette in Montreal Gazette (subscription)
    I was very surprised. I absolutely didn't expect a sortie with that kind of virulence,Bloc House leader Pierre Paquette told reporters. "I was also disappointed because it is very clear that not only was that sortie not justified ...... it...
  • Subramanian Swamy in Hindu
    World renowned experts consulted by the government have opined that the Ram Sethu had helped to reduce the virulence of the tsunami. That DPR is outdated and the project should be scrapped if no new DPR is prepared,Swamy said.

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