virulent strain

collocation in English

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virulent
adjective
uk
/ˈvɪr.ə.lənt/us
/ˈvɪr.jə.lənt/
A virulent disease or poison is dangerous and spreads or affects people ...
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strain
noun
uk
/streɪn/us
/streɪn/
a force or influence that stretches, pulls, or puts pressure on something, sometimes ...
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(Definition ofvirulentandstrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As a consequence, it is more difficult to eradicate the lessvirulentstrainthan the more virulent one, since the less virulent strain can persist in a less dense population.
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I believe that there is some suggestion that a fresh, morevirulentstrainhas to be introduced.
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We are facing an extremelyvirulentstrainand the environmental conditions lead us to fear the worst.
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I am advised that rabbits which have had this milder form are immune to the morevirulentstrainwhich is present in this country.
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Although it is a more remote possibility, there is a chance that such avirulentstrainof the disease will be spread by people and vehicles.
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The second, morevirulentstrain, was primarily pneumonic in character with a strong person-to-person contagion.
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It criticized materialist reformers who advocated coercive government programs which it referred to as avirulentstrainof utopianism.
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However, not all strains are considered virulent strains.
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Hydrolytic enzyme activity is stronger in highly virulent strains.
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Early signs indicate that a particularlyvirulentstrainof the flu virus that is not well-covered by that year's vaccine is hitting hard in some states.
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They would presumably have integrated into existing fungi via horizontal gene transport to produce the newly virulent strains.
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Furthermore, they will be immune to the more virulent strains as well.
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The character of the virus is studied and virulent strains are frequently identified.
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