viral infection

An infection caused by a virus. At present, viral infections cannot be treated with antibiotics. (Compare bacterial infection.)

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Diseases caused by viral infections include herpes, chicken pox, hepatitis, influenza, and the common cold.

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She was treated with fluids and antibiotics but the consultant said "nothing we were providing would stop the ongoing pathological progress of that viral infection".

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Blood tests are said to have revealed that Mr Tice was suffering from a viral infection at the time.

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And these viral genes may protect us against other viral infections in some cases, or provide antiviral resistance, immunizing rare individuals against HIV for example.

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District officials had planned to use that money to respond to anticipated cases of dengue fever, a viral infection spread by invasive mosquitoes.

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And only female mosquitoes bite, so unleashing males doesn’t lead to transmission of diseases such as dengue, a potentially fatal viral infection.

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