adenovirus

noun

ad·e·no·vi·rus ˌa-də-nō-ˈvī-rəs

: any of a family (Adenoviridae) of double-stranded DNA viruses originally identified in human adenoid tissue, causing infections of the respiratory system, conjunctiva, and gastrointestinal tract, and including some capable of inducing malignant tumors in experimental animals

adenoviral

ˌa-də-nō-ˈvī-rəl

adjective

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If confirmed, the new findings would be the oldest human viruses ever recovered, setting a record previously held by a 31,000-year-old adenovirus, reports New Scientist’s James Woodford. —

Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024 In a paper posted to the preprint site bioRxiv, the researchers detected fragments of adenovirus (which causes cold-like illnesses), herpesvirus (linked to cold sores) and papillomavirus (HPV) in Neanderthal genome data. —

Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024 Read More: How COVID-19 Vaccines and Infections Are Tweaking Our Immunity An extremely similar deleterious antibody response occurs in susceptible patients after infection with adenoviruses, which often infect the airways and lead to cold-like symptoms, the study found. —

Jason Gale / Bloomberg, TIME, 16 May 2024 Researchers used a weakened chimpanzee adenovirus to develop the vaccine. —

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