The phrase "attributed to the virus" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing effects, symptoms, or characteristics that are believed to be caused by a virus.
Example: "The symptoms observed in the patients were attributed to the virus that was circulating in the community."
Alternatives: "ascribed to the virus" or "linked to the virus".
More than 8,000 cases were reported worldwide with nearly 800 deaths attributed to the virus.
Last year, seven deaths and 62 serious illnesses in the New York region were attributed to the virus.
At that time, a poultry farm worker fell ill with conjunctivitis, which was attributed to the virus.
Seven deaths in the New York City area were attributed to the virus last year, the first time it was confirmed in the Western Hemisphere.
Taiwan has almost halved its figures for the number of people infected with SARS and has ruled that many deaths attributed to the virus were caused by other factors, the United Nations health agency said on Friday.
Last year, in addition to seven deaths, 62 serious illnesses were attributed to the virus in the New York area, with the largest number confirmed in Queens and the Bronx.
The leukemogenesis of the virus is mainly attributed to the viral oncoprotein.
The most common etiologic agent for cirrhosis in Asia and Africa is the hepatitis B virus; in Japan, Europe and America, 80% is attributed to the hepatitis C virus, 20% to the hepatitis B virus, and the remainder to alcoholic liver disease, hepatic steatosis, hemochromatosis and primary biliary cirrhosis.
Additionally, refractoriness can be attributed to the type of virus and variation in the genetics of the virus, which can affect an individual mosquito or mosquito species.
In the initial outbreaks last spring, an estimated 800,000 New Yorkers, 10percentt of the city's population, developed symptoms attributed to the swine flu virus.
Some cases of hepatitis transmitted through contaminated food or water are attributed to the hepatitis F virus (HFV), which was first reported in 1994.
