Sentence examples for poorly transmissible from inspiring English sources

This study is particularly pertinent as it shows that a virus of lower pathogenicity but higher transmissibility has greater impact on humanity than a highly pathogenic, but poorly transmissible virus.

Experiments performed years ago have led some experts to speculate that drug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria are poorly transmissible.

He likens the virus to avian influenza, which humans can contract from birds but which is so poorly transmissible between people that it hasn't triggered an epidemic.

When resistant viruses are poorly transmissible, Lipsitch concurs with our finding of extended delays to outbreak [7].

The case of poorly transmissible pathogens can easily extend to all pathogens for which one may be exposed to a limited number of times during their lifetime.

The current strain of H5N1 virus is highly virulent but poorly transmissible between humans.

Polymorphisms were retained as candidates if six efficiently transmissible strains consistently diverged with the nucleotide found in the poorly transmitted Florida strain.

The CaMV transmissible complex and the transmission body.

Chromosomally encoded AmpC β-lactamases may be acquired by transmissible plasmids which consequently can disseminate into bacteria lacking or poorly expressing a chromosomal blaAmpC gene.

AmpR and KanR resistance genes are poorly characterized in LAB, although an important role for these bacterial genera as reservoir of transmissible AR genes is increasingly recognized [ 42].

Epidemiological analyses indicate that the age distribution of natural cases of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) reflect age-related risk of infection, however, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood.