"virus" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The foot-and-mouth virus is perhaps the most contagious and virulent in nature, which is why the biological warfare people have always been fascinated by it.
- An outbreak or intentional release of foot-and-mouth virus could devastate the country's $45 billion livestock industry.
- Terrorists looking for foot-and-mouth virus would have less trouble obtaining it in agricultural areas of Britain, Europe and South America where outbreaks have occurred.
- But in Washington, officials are drawing up detailed plans of what they will do if - some say when - the foot-and-mouth virus arrives in this country.
- The laboratory is currently a Biosafety Level 3 facility for the study of diseases including foot-and-mouth virus, which affects only animals.
- He also pointed out that federal law allowed foot-and-mouth virus only on Plum Island, a location selected because of its remoteness from domestic animal herds.
- We are of the opinion that, ultimately, this will need to lead to complete eradication of the foot-and-mouth virus throughout Europe.
- Why, in the same country, have we had the foot-and-mouth virus and the prion for mad cow disease?
- As you know, the foot-and-mouth virus is harmless to man but is highly infectious to all cloven-hoofed animals and results in huge financial losses.
- The foot-and-mouth virus afflicts cloven-hoofed animals and generally reduces their ability to gain weight and produce milk.
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