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slow virus

DEFINITIONS OF: slow virus

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n a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear

“kuru is caused by a slow virus”
Type of:
virus
(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
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