How to Use reactivation in a Sentence

reactivation

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  • That viral reactivation can cause shingles, a rash that opens in a line around the trunk or down the neck or face.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 30 July 2024
  • With the addition of Raleigh-Durham and the reactivation of Pittsburgh, the number of nonstop routes out of Bradley comes to 13.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 15 Nov. 2022
  • One in 3 or 1 in 4 cultures in those sets led to massive amounts of HHV-6 reactivation.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The infection is caused by reactivation of the virus in people who had the childhood disease.
    — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
  • The reason for the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus is unknown.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 13 June 2022
  • While the reason for the reactivation of these genes remains elusive, what’s clear is that death is a more nuanced process than previously thought.
    — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Shingles is a reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus – the same virus that causes chicken pox — according to the Mayo Clinic.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
  • The reactivation of the zoster virus in the nerves of the face causes paralysis because of the facial nerve that travels from the brain stem behind the ear and into the face to give facial muscles the energy for movement.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 June 2022
  • Shingles is a painful rash caused by reactivation of the herpes virus that causes chickenpox.
    — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
  • It's caused by a shingles virus reactivation in the face, which makes people who had chicken pox of varicella-zostar virus as a child susceptible.
    — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2022
  • For that reason oximes, an antidote that pries nerve agents off AChE and leads to reactivation of the enzyme, may be far less effective against Novichoks than against classical nerve agents like sarin.
    — Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The syndrome is triggered by a shingles virus reactivation in the face that inflames a nerve from the brain tasked with allowing facial expresses and the ability to convey emotion.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2022
  • After buying the land, Meruelo has five years to construct an appropriate arena in order to be granted a reactivation of the franchise.
    — Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
  • So under just the right conditions, the fault can rupture again, a phenomenon called reactivation.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • This reactivation leads to shingles, a condition also marked by painful rashes that can present anywhere on the body, though usually appears as a stripe around the torso, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
  • Chickenpox is the original infection, and shingles is a reactivation of the disease years or decades later.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 17 July 2021
  • While YouTube was never Trump’s top social platform, the reactivation of his channel will restore his access to the massive video streaming platform, where his account has more than 2.6 million subscribers.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The vision of this area as a regional destination with the reactivation of the hill and sports complexes to the south will enhance our regional draw and family-friendly, safe position in the market.
    — Alex Groth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Opponents argue that Russia might construe the programs’ reactivation as a provocation and respond by broadening the scope of its war.
    — Wesley Morgan, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
  • There are vaccines that can be given to people who are already infected just to modify the immune response and prevent reactivation.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 16 Mar. 2023
  • If viral reactivation can be prevented in the nerves with a vaccine, it can potentially be kept from spreading to vascular tissue.
    — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Mayor Todd Gloria recently announced the reactivation of the San Diego youth commission.
    — Anissa Durham, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2021
  • According to the National Institute on Aging, about one in three people who had chicken pox will experience shingles, the reactivation of that virus.
    — Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Just log back into your account before the reactivation period ends.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 26 Apr. 2022
  • People can accumulate many persistent viruses over the course of a lifetime, according to Proal, and reactivation of one of these during a Covid infection may explain at least some long Covid symptoms.
    — Marla Broadfoot, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Now, the group is completing a study using imaging techniques and tissue biopsies to detect persistent virus or reactivation of other viruses in tissue.
    — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Nichols, an administrator of a long-Covid support group, told me that reactivation of Epstein-Barr, cytomegalovirus and other herpesviruses occurs in a small but significant percentage of long-haulers on the site.
    — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021
  • The new law, which took effect immediately, will prevent the reactivation of fossil-fuel power plants for off-the-grid cryptocurrency mining.
    — Jimmy Vielkind, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Though the recovery and reactivation of ancient viruses capable of infecting people could cause problems, the team took several precautions to prevent that sort of spillover.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The syndrome itself is not contagious, but a reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus could cause chickenpox in people who have not previously been vaccinated for it or had the condition.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 10 June 2022

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