viral load
noun [ C or U ] medical specialized /ˌvaɪə.rəl ˈləʊd/ /ˌvaɪ.rəl ˈloʊd/
病毒载量
a measurement of the amount of a virus that is present in a person, an organism, or a particular environment
A person with a low viral load is much less likely to pass the virus on. 病毒载量低的人将病毒传给他人的可能性低得多。
Viral load relates to the number of viral particles being carried by an infected individual and shed into their environment. 病毒载量和一个被感染个体所携带及散布到周围环境中的病毒颗粒数量有关。
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- Covid-19 hits the old hardest, but young people are dying too. Scientists say it may be down to genes or "viral load".
- One of the drugs in Trizivir is a protease inhibitor, which lowers the viral load, or amount of virus, in the blood.
- A viral load test measures the amount of HIV in a person's blood.
- Her viral load - the most accurate measure of the disease's progress - reached levels that signalled imminent death.