Sentence examples for virologic from inspiring English sources

Merck said that in one trial of 1,097 patients getting treatment for hepatitis C for the first time, 66 percent of those who had a 48-week regimen that included boceprevir had a sustained virologic response.

A sustained virologic response means the virus was undetectable in the patient's blood 24 weeks after treatment ended.

"We thoroughly investigated Ms. McClain's claims, and our investigation concluded that her workplace was safe and that she was not infected by any virologic materials while she was employed by Pfizer," she said.

But officials have been alert for additional cases, in part because virologic cousins of the virus cause encephalitis.

Using standard virologic techniques, the scientists from Gabon, Germany and France said they could not detect the virus in the blood of the healthy contacts.

ViroLogic Inc., San Francisco, an initial public offering of 5 million shares.

NICHOLAS S. HELLMANN, M.D. South San Francisco, June 19, 2000 The writer is vice president of clinical research of ViroLogic, a biotechnology company.