Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of DNA-containing viruses that cause conjunctivitis and upper respiratory tract infections in humans.
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- noun Any
virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible forrespiratory infections in humans
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- noun any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I started to work eagerly on the induction of specific chromosomal aberrations in adenovirus type 12-infected human cells, simultaneously studying a DNA-replication disturbance of individual chromosomes in human lymphoblastoid and lymphoma cell lines, and, to please my mentor, I demonstrated electron microscopically the presence of EBV particles directly in individual serologically antigen-positive Burkitt's lymphoma cells.
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What this is this is an illness that's called adenovirus, which is a fancy way of saying the common cold virus.
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Later this year another viral vector, this time using a virus called adenovirus, will enter advanced clinical testing.
AIDS: The Elusive Vaccine Horton, Richard 2004
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Roberts and Sharp were studying the genetic material in adenovirus, a virus causing common cold.
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But using the cold bug, called adenovirus, as the vehicle for delivering genes to the heart has drawbacks.
A Pacemaker Without Wires or Batteries Ivan Oransky 2008
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The researchers used weakened versions of two viruses commonly used in vaccine development -- a common cold virus called an adenovirus and a smallpox virus -- to deliver the primate version of the HIV antigen into the body and trigger an immune response.
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At the time, doctors revealed only that the vaccine — which uses an "adenovirus," or the common cold virus, to deliver HIV genes into the body — had not worked.
Anatomy of a Failure 2007
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At Merck, in the mid-'90s, he worked on a vaccine, adding HIV genes to the "adenovirus" that causes the common cold.
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Researchers believe that an airborne "adenovirus" germ could be causing the fat plague that is blighting Britain and other countries.
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Researchers believe that an airborne "adenovirus" germ could be causing the fat plague that is blighting Britain and other countries.
Simply Jews 2009
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