virologist

[vahy-rol-uh-jist, vi-]

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noun

a medical researcher or scientist who studies viruses and the diseases caused by them.
She worked for several years as a virologist on the dengue fever vaccine development team, devising ways to weaken the virus so it could be incorporated into a vaccine.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of virologist¹

virolog(y) ( def. ) + -ist ( def. )

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A virologist has said mosquito-borne diseases are "likely" to increase in range after West Nile virus was detected in the UK for the first time.

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As for human cases, "in the U.S., there has been almost no reporting of new cases," virologist Angela Rasmussen told Salon.

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Without that information, said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization in Canada.”we’re flying blind.”

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The highly respected virologist Dr. Anthony Fauci testified before Congress that the pandemic could result in "many, many millions" of deaths.

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This is common in influenza, so virologists are on the lookout for a case in which the bird flu reassorts to make a virus that’s far more contagious, and potentially more virulent.

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