The phrase "as a potential virus" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that may have the characteristics or effects of a virus, often in a metaphorical or hypothetical context.
Example: "The new software update has been flagged by some users as a potential virus, raising concerns about its safety."
Alternatives: "as a possible virus" or "as a likely virus".
Using high throughput docking screening for hydrophobic pocket ligands, a thiophene-pyrimidine molecule ("compound 6") was also identified as a potential dengue virus entry inhibitor.
This is important to note to prevent any premature action aiming at extirpating flying foxes as potential virus hosts, as this may disrupt important ecological functions, i.e., seed dispersal and pollination.
Persistent expression and generation of infectious virus in renal cells required HIV integration.These results support the kidney as a potential reservoir where virus is exchanged between interstitial T cells and RTE cells.
All surfaces in the two original pens were decontaminated with a 10% bleach solution leaving only the water in the water tanks as a potential source of virus in the pen; eight naïve ducks were introduced the following day.
In our study, because the gilt pool was so large, a nonimmune subpopulation very likely existed and might have acted as a potential source of virus multiplication.
Furthermore, lesion, as a potential source of virus transmission by aerosol, was well known to be the predominant tissue sites of FMDV infection and amplification (Dillon et al., 2011).
Our study aimed to address the role of domestic animals in the outbreak, both from the public health perspective (as a potential source of virus for human infections) and the animal health perspective.
Furthermore, lesions, as a potential source of virus transmission by aerosol, were well known to be the predominant tissue site of FMDV infection and amplification (Zhang and Bashiruddin, 2009; Dillon, 2011).
Emerging evidences have identified NSPC population as a potential target of neurotropic viruses, and many of these viruses establish latent infection in these cells.
We have funded seed grants to (1) identify as targets potential viruses and antigens that could lead to the development of breast cancer and (2) develop better ways to define subsets of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) to see if this would show us a path to prevention.
