Sentence examples for sequencing of the virus from inspiring English sources

Gene sequencing of the virus taken from paralyzed patients found that most cases had spread east and west from Nigeria along the southern edge of the Sahara.

The genetic sequencing of the virus, which was completed over the weekend by Canadian scientists and yesterday by Americans, is also expected to provide many clues about how the armor of the virus can be pierced.

He blames much of the polio increase on infiltration from Pakistan, which World Health Organization scientists say is confirmed by gene sequencing of the virus in victims.

Genetic sequencing of the virus is also needed so researchers can understand how the pathogen might evolve to become more virulent, and how quickly those changes might occur.

Only preliminary sequencing of the virus, found on April 9, has been done, so it is not yet clear where it came from, but it is of the same strain as a virus found in January in sewage samples from Cairo, which itself was related to a strain circulating in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Dr. Aylward said.

Dr Fouchier then patented his sequencing of the virus's genome.

"We have clearly found large sequences of the virus that are not present in the SARS coronavirus," Dr. Patrick said.

When Wallace agreed, he took the sequence of the virus from a database, designed the compound, and sent it to her in a vial.

Fouchier explained that he and his colleagues "mutated the hell out of H5N1" — meaning that they had altered the genetic sequence of the virus in a variety of ways.

The complete genome sequence of the virus is freely available on the Internet and -- in theory, anyway -- genetic engineers could use the information to transform a related virus into smallpox itself, he said.

Ambassador Guajardo said in a telephone interview that his government had been told by American and Canadian experts that the genetic sequence of the virus pointed to Eurasian origin.