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FREE VIRUS [3 records]

Record 1 2012-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

A year after they were injected with a close cousin of the human AIDS virus, all 25 monkeys in an American study are healthy and virus-free. And the drug credited with saving them may have potential to protect humans against AIDS.

Key term(s)
  • free of virus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
DEF

[Se dice de cualquier] planta, animal, célula, tejido o meristemo que no manifiesta síntomas víricos ni contiene partículas víricas identificables.

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Record 2 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

Free-living virus populations may be extremely dense in warm marine and fresh waters, suggesting that viruses may play significant roles in these natural ecosystems, possibly in the regulation of population explosions or "blooms in these ecosystems. The surprising abundance of free viruses may indicate some as yet unknown ecological function.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

L'abondance étonnante des virus libres pourrait aussi correspondre à une fonction écologique encore inconnue.

OBS

Virus libre : virus qui ne vit pas sur une espèce hôte.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Some access-control products are marketed as "virus-proof" devices. One computer manufacturer even markets their personal computers as "virus-proof", using the argument that no unauthorised software can be installed on the PC due to the built-in access control package.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Certains logiciels de contrôle sont diffusés avec un label «logiciels de protection antivirus». Un constructeur d'ordinateurs commercialise même ses ordinateurs personnels en les qualifiant de «exempts de virus», s'appuyant sur le principe selon lequel aucun logiciel non autorisé ne peut être installé sur le PC grâce au logiciel de contrôle d'accès intégré.

Spanish

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