latent infection

collocation in English

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latent
adjective
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/ˈleɪ.tənt/us
/ˈleɪ.tənt/
present but needing particular conditions to become active, obvious, or ...
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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 oflatentandinfectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They share with other herpesviruses the ability to establish lifelonglatentinfectionof the host.
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Latentinfectionshows an extended time period.
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In common with other members of the herpesviridae family, it is able to establishlatentinfectionof the host following primary infection.
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More puppies survive, but they can develop alatentinfection.
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Those causinglatentinfectioninclude herpes simplex and varicella-zoster viruses.
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This pathogen can be found in outer bark of what appear to be healthy branches, which indicateslatentinfectionmay occur prior to lesion development.
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Also, fungal pneumonia can be caused by reactivation of alatentinfection.
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As with all herpes viruseslatentinfectioncan occur, with recrudescence at times of stressed and/or immunosuppression.
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Persistent infections are characterized by the continual presence of the infectious organism, often aslatentinfectionwith occasional recurrent relapses of active infection.
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More serious ramifications of alatentinfectioncould be the possibility of transforming the cell, and forcing the cell into uncontrolled cell division.
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Only 10% lifetime chances are there to progress thelatentinfectioninto active tuberculosis disease.
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Integration can result in alatentinfectionor a productive infection.
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Reactivation of alatentinfectionmay be caused by stress or immunosuppressive drugs such as corticosteroids.
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However, in the majority of cases, alatentinfectionoccurs with no obvious symptoms.
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Bacteria inside the granuloma can become dormant, resulting inlatentinfection.
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Alatentinfectionresults when the provirus is transcriptionally silent rather than active.
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Alatentinfectionmay become productive in response to changes in the host's environmental conditions or health; the provirus may be activated and begin transcription of its viral genome.
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Among these include membrane leaking, the presence of lityic syncytia, occasional apoptosis, the supporting oflatentinfection, and increases and decreases in levels of certain cytokines.
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Persons with these findings, if they have a positive tuberculin skin test reaction, should be considered high-priority candidates for treatment oflatentinfectionregardless of age.
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