A virus or virus-like organism that multiplies slowly in the host organism and has a long incubation period.
（一种繁殖缓慢，长期潜伏宿主生物体的）慢性病毒
Example sentencesExamples
Eventually, they identify kuru as a brain-affecting slow virus.
These diseases in the recent past were called slow virus diseases.
Modern epidemics of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, Mad Cow's disease) are attributed to the slow virus contamination of human brain tissue by using animal cultures in grafts and drug products.
‘Maybe it's like the turtle and the hare,’ he says, and the slow virus will eventually win.
They have been called slow virus diseases but are now known not to be caused by viruses.
Definition of slow virus in US English:
slow virus
noun
A virus or virus-like organism that multiplies slowly in the host organism and has a long incubation period.
（一种繁殖缓慢，长期潜伏宿主生物体的）慢性病毒
Example sentencesExamples
‘Maybe it's like the turtle and the hare,’ he says, and the slow virus will eventually win.
Eventually, they identify kuru as a brain-affecting slow virus.
Modern epidemics of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, Mad Cow's disease) are attributed to the slow virus contamination of human brain tissue by using animal cultures in grafts and drug products.
These diseases in the recent past were called slow virus diseases.
They have been called slow virus diseases but are now known not to be caused by viruses.