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          • virion
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          • A complete virus particle that consists of an RNA or DNA core with a protein coat sometimes with external envelopes and that is the extracellular infectious form of a virus. Merriam-Webster
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          • When airborne, infective virus can drift through the air as an aerosol. In this form of transmission, “very small droplets that come out of our mouth very quickly evaporate the water off, and we’re left with a gel kind of material...that forms a bit of a protective environment for those virions to survive for longer,” Mackay explains. This is distinct from droplet-based spread of the virus. - The Scientist by
          • If you get enough virions on your hands and then touch your mucous membranes, including your mouth, nose and eyes, you could get infected. - The Globe and Mail by
          • Instead, the article suggests the cold makes us more susceptible to the virions and could activate dormant ones that are already inside us. It’s not just Covid-19, viral acute respiratory tract infections (vARIs) are also a major problem for microbiology. - WBUR by
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          • Virión
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          • "En medicina, microbiología y biología se denomina virión a la partícula vírica morfológicamente completa e infecciosa. Está compuesto por: Ácido nucleico vírico: Puede ser ADN o ARN, solo una de ellos, de cadena doble o sencilla. Proteínas víricas: Forman la cubierta externa o cápside, compuesta por subunidades que se denominan "capsómeros", son proteínas estructurales, pero el virión puede tener también proteínas enzimáticas y aglutinantes". Química.es - by Jean Paul Corro
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          • Determinación estructural de virión del virus del mosaico de la sandía por crío-microscopía electrónica - Dialnet.unirioja.es by Jean Paul Corro
          • Actividad de los promotores en sentido del virión de los geminivirus MSV y WDV. Papel de las proteínas no estructurales e interacción con rutas celulares de regulación de la expresión génica - UAM Biblioteca by Jean Paul Corro
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          • ویریون/ذره ویروس کامل/ویروس رسیده/ویشه
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          • یه ذره ویروسی رسیده و کامل شده Own research - by Sina Salehi
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          • ویریون: ذره ویروس کامل است که در برخی موارد معادل نوکلئوکپسید است، اما در ویریونهای پیچیده شامل مجموعه نوکلئوکپسید و پوشش محیطی آن است. ویریون در انتقال اسید نوکلئیک ویروسی از سلولی به سلول دیگر نقش دارد - Roshd by Sina Salehi
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