Sentence examples for identifying a virus from inspiring English sources

Identifying a virus is only a first step toward proving that it causes a disease.

What made efforts to stem the disease especially difficult at the time was that scientists then were incapable of seeing or identifying a virus — this one or any other.

The DIF assay appeared to be more sensitive to detect respiratory viruses than viral culture in our population, identifying a virus in 11 (48%) patients, including the six patients diagnosed by viral culture.

Once a species has been established on the basis of several demarcation criteria, identifying a virus isolate as a member of that species by considering only a few properties may be possible.

But when a second wave struck the nursing home and the center still could not identify a virus, health officials reconsidered SARS.

We can also identify a virus's genetic and immunological signatures and other biological information that is needed to create diagnostic tests, vaccines and treatments — so that when a disease appears, it is possible to respond as quickly as possible.

The 454 Life Sciences machine was used to identify a virus that killed three recipients of transplanted organs, after the usual diagnostic methods had failed, according to a paper published online Wednesday by The New England Journal of Medicine.

The system searches out the unique proteins in a sample, then identifies a virus or other microscopic life form based on the proteins it is known to contain.

Last year, researchers identified a virus as a major cause of the die-off; the latest suspect is a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids, which are used to protect common agricultural seeds, including corn.

"Clearly, they have identified a virus in one of the three patients they describe.

Scientists have identified a virus that has killed at least 95 people in Malaysia in the last 6 months, most of them pig farm workers.