Definition of Virulence

the ability of a microorganism or bacteria to produce disease

Examples of Virulence in a sentence

The virulence of the microbes seemed to increase with time, producing more disease with time.  🔊

Ebola is a disease with high virulence, meaning it’s microbes can take over a host with infection extremely quickly.  🔊

Natural flora are bacteria but rarely make us sick because they are low on the virulence scale.  🔊

Scientists rate AIDS and Malaria high on the virulence scale since they make their hosts very sick.  🔊

The lab team is studying illness causing bacteria to determine its virulence or how likely it is to make someone sick.  🔊

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