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Examples of DNA virus in a Sentence
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This analysis revealed a new phylum of DNA viruses that are shaped like herpesviruses and infect eukaryotes but share a key enzyme with large and giant viruses.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2023
Both are RNA viruses, which mutate much more easily than DNA viruses—hence the dozens of variants and subvariants spun out of the original version of SARS-CoV-2.
—Larry Brilliant, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
So adenoviruses are DNA viruses that are in the environment.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
This is a small, non-enveloped DNA virus in the Dependoparvovirus genus.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 July 2022
Monkeypox is a DNA virus, which does not mutate as fast as RNA viruses like the coronavirus.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 4 June 2022
The herpesvirus is a DNA virus (remember those?
—Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1963, in the meaning defined above
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“DNA virus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DNA%20virus. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Medical Definition
DNA virus
noun
: a virus whose genome consists of DNA
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