Assertion: virus | /r/Causes | disease
Facets:
value: in humans
type: OTHER
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: unlike bacteria
type: OTHER
value: so deadly that it is
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Sometimes a virus can cause a disease so deadly that it is fatal.
text: A significant advance was made by the American scientists John Enders, Thomas Weller, and Frederick Robbins, who in 1949 developed the technique of culturing cells on glass surfaces; cells could then be infected with the viruses that cause polio (poliovirus) and other diseases.
text: A virus is a microscopic parasite that can infect living organisms and cause disease.
text: Most viruses cause disease.
text: Most viruses cause disease, and they are usually quite specific about the area of the body that they attack, for example, the liver, the respiratory tract, or the blood.
text: Also unlike bacteria, most viruses do cause disease, and they're quite specific about the cells they attack.
text: So the virus got over one of the barriers -- it's able to infect humans, grow in them and cause disease -- but thankfully it really doesn't spread well person to person, other than very, very close contacts.
text: Viruses that have been in a host for a long time are less likely to cause disease.
text: Viruses that have been in a host for a long time are less likely to cause disease.
text: Some viruses cause disease in humans, and others are responsible for economically important diseases of livestock and crops.
text: Vaccines stimulate your own immune system to produce antibodies, which then can “recognize” the virus to inactivate it before it can cause disease.
text: But there are no existing vaccines for coronaviruses—until now, these viruses seemed to cause diseases that were mild or rare
text: Viruses cause these diseases — and many more.