known virus

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known
adjective
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/nəʊn/us
/noʊn/
used to refer to something or someone that is familiar to or understood ...
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virus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈvaɪə.rəs/us
/ˈvaɪ.rəs/
an extremely small piece of organic material that causes disease in humans, animals, ...
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(Definition ofknownandvirusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thus, its genome is far less densely packed than any otherknownvirus.
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Their gene complement is larger than any otherknownvirusto date.
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It is sufficiently unrelated to any otherknownvirusthat it may belong to a new family.
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This virus has a number of unique features that were unlike any otherknownviruswhen it was described.
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Sputnik reproduces in amoeba infected by mamavirus, a relative of the mimivirus mentioned above and the largestknownvirusto date.
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These are the only known viruses that infect dinoflagellates.
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A few known viruses that can cause anophthalmia are toxoplasmosis, rubella, and certain strands of the influenza virus.
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Blood specimens were taken from over 4,500 humans in late 1953 and early 1954, and checked to detect the presence of a wide variety of known viruses.
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Through the evolutionary history of being used by the wasps, these viruses apparently have become so modified, they appear unlike any other known viruses today.
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This means it is likely to miss new viruses that contain previously unknown methods of operation not found in any known viruses.
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The source code of the suspicious file is compared to the source code of known viruses and virus-like activities.
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However, heuristic analysis operates on the basis of experience (by comparing the suspicious file to the code and functions of known viruses).
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In comparison, the genome of the smallest known viruses capable of causing an infection by themselves are around 2 kilobases in size.
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