persistent infection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpersistentandinfection
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persistent
adjective
uk/pəˈsɪs.tənt/us/pɚˈsɪs.tənt/
lasting for a long time or difficult to get ...
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infection
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/us/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/
a condition in which bacteria or viruses that cause disease have entered ...
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(Definition ofpersistentandinfectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The rare nature of the carrier state made it difficult to study the factors which permit the establishment and maintenance ofpersistentinfection.
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The host-virus balance tends towards an equilibrium that allows the virus to achieve a form of harmless,persistentinfectionin the vast majority of individuals.
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This isolate might be expected therefore to be more ' fit ' for establishingpersistentinfection.
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Topical antiseptics have been shown to inhibit wound healing,21 but may be used for the treatment ofpersistentinfection.
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Other causes of death included congestive heart failure, rupture of the aorta or pulmonary trunk,persistentinfection, and systemic or pulmonary embolization.
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It was found that both parasitaemia and parasite population displayed limited variation duringpersistentinfection.
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There may also be some other local factors that enhancepersistentinfection.
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We had only one child whose serological profile suggested apersistentinfection.
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The occasional discovery of persistence following experimental infection and the anecdotal reports ofpersistentinfectionin the field support the existence of the carrier state.
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Failure of the ' carrier ' virus to result inpersistentinfectioncould indicate that the population of viruses required to establish the carrier is different from that required to maintain it.
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Persistentinfectionof the cervix over the years can cause irreversible changes leading to carcinoma in situ and eventually invasive cervical cancer.
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This constitutes the broadest category of infections as it can include both cytocidal andpersistentinfection.
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However, it is still an open question whether tonsillar hypertrophy is also caused by apersistentinfection.
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There are some viruses that can maintain apersistentinfectionby infecting different cells of the body.
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Pestiviruses have the ability to establishpersistentinfectionduring pregnancy.
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Further, there is no evidence that the poliovirus can cause apersistentinfectionin humans.
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Altogether these data recall attention on the pathogenesis and consequences of acute and persistent infections in the mammalian thalamus.
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