1) English-language journal 2) Extreme harmfulness 3) Extreme hostility 4) French word used in English 5) Harmfulness 6) Injuriousness 7) Virulency
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1) Virulency
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Virulence is, by MeSH definition, the degree of pathogenicity within a group or species of parasites as indicated by case fatality rates and/or the ability of the organism to invade the tissues of the host. The pathogenicity of an organism - its ability to cause disease - is determined by its virulence factors. The noun virulence derives from the ...
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The degree of pathogenicity of a given pathogen.
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• (n.) Alt. of Virulency
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(from the article `bacteria`) ...of antibacterial antibiotics, the incidence of bacterial disease has been reduced. Bacteria have not disappeared as infectious agents, however, ... ...parasitologists believed this not to be the case. Instead, parasites were thought to evolve gradually toward reduced antagonism—having a less ... ...
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The ability of a microorganism to cause damage to its host.
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The degree of ability of an organism to cause disease.
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<microbiology> The degree or ability of a pathogenic organism to cause disease. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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(vir´u-lәns) the degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism as indicated by case fatality rates or its ability to invade the tissues of the host. by extension, the competence of any infectious agent to produce pathologic effects. adj., vir´ulent., adj.
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the degree of pathogenicity of a given pathogen.
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From the Latin word virulentus, which means 'full of poison.' The relative ability of a microbe to c
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Relative capacity to cause disease; degree or measure of pathogenicity of a pathogen. Sometimes restricted to cases in which races interact differentially with host cultivars.
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Ability (of pathogens) to infect organisms and cause disease
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The degree of ability of an organism to establish infection and produce disease.
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Measure of the disease-causing capacity of an infectious disease agent.
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Refers to the ability of a microorganism to produce serious disease. Tuberculosis is a virulent organism. Some nontuberculous mycobacteria are virulent (e.g., M. kansasii), while others (e.g., M. gordonae) are not. (PATHOGENICITY is a related--though not identical--concept.)
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degree to which an organism is pathogenic; severity of disease signs and symptoms
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Ability of a pathogen to cause damage in the organisms it infects.
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The ability to cause rapid and severe disease.
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virulency noun extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease); `the virulence of the plague`
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The ability a microorganism has to cause an infection or disease. Microorganisms which have the ability to cause more severe disease are said to be highly virulent.
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the level at which a disease-causing organism is able to cause a disease
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The ability of an orgnaism to cause disease
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The ability that a microorganism has to cause an infection or disease. Microorganisms which have the ability to cause more severe disease are said to be highly virulent.
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