How to Use parvovirus in a Sentence

parvovirus

noun
  • It's caused by parvovirus B19, and the distinctive rash appears after about a week.
    Parents Editors, Parents, 6 June 2023
  • It's caused by parvovirus B19, and the distinctive rash appears after about a week.
    Parents Editors, Parents, 3 Sep. 2023
  • But when tested for parvovirus, the results have been negative.
    Layla McMurtrie, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Your dog might have the flu, which is typically a mild illness, or parvovirus, which can be quite serious.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Many have parvovirus, a disease that is often deadly to little lives that don’t have the immune systems to fight the things ravaging their bodies.
    Maryanne Dell, Orange County Register, 13 May 2017
  • In fact, there are a number of diseases that humans can pass to dogs, including the parvovirus, distemper, and rabies.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Still, both stress that vaccinating puppies against parvovirus is the best way to protect canines.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The disease, which is believed to be a type of parvovirus, first began killing sea stars in Southern California in the summer of 2013, but the problem quickly spread northward.
    Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
  • Strangely, all the dogs that died tested negative for parvovirus, despite showing the symptoms of disease.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • For at least two months, the dozens of dogs in northern Michigan have been showing parvovirus-like symptoms, vomiting and diarrhea, which is often bloody.
    Layla McMurtrie, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The dog was suffering from parvovirus and died a week later, according to the District Attorney’s office.
    Tomoya Shimura, Orange County Register, 21 Mar. 2017
  • Similar to canine parvovirus in symptoms, an unidentified illness has been sickening and killing dozens of dogs in Michigan in the past month.
    Layla McMurtrie, Detroit Free Press, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Risks If your foster carries a contagious disease like kennel cough or parvovirus, your other dogs may get sick.
    Mary Helen Berg, USA TODAY, 13 May 2017
  • The dogs were turned over to animal control and some had even tested positive for parvovirus, which can be fatal in dogs if untreated, Fox News reports.
    Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
  • According to Wineland, some of these specimens did test positive for parvovirus.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022
  • One canine illness that tends to spread in hot weather is parvovirus, which causes vomiting and diarrhea.
    Tom Avril, Philly.com, 12 June 2017
  • Diseases such as distemper and parvovirus are preventable with vaccines.
    Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2020
  • When the newlyweds visited a shelter in Arizona, Jenna Monet was drawn to Milo, who was in a cage in a corner by himself because he was born in a litter that had parvovirus.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Aug. 2021
  • But AAVs are just one small subset of the larger parvovirus family, and Carbon was founded on the belief that these other viruses have some untapped advantages.
    Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
  • For example, the highly contagious parvovirus is transmitted by contact with infected dog waste and can sicken dogs of any age or breed.
    Dallas News, 3 May 2022
  • Dozens of dogs in Michigan have reportedly been sickened and killed by a parvovirus-like illness, local animal shelters said.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The mysterious illness that has sickened and killed dozens of dogs across Michigan has been identified by state officials as canine parvovirus.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Nonetheless, the shelter urged people to get their dogs properly vaccinated against the parvovirus.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Dogs Trust and other charities have warned that in addition to the very real danger of being rabid, these puppies could spread other diseases fatal to dogs, like parvovirus.
    Mirren Gidda, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2018
  • These are common symptoms of canine parvovirus, but the animal tested negative for the parvovirus at the veterinary clinic.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Canine parvovirus spreads through fecal matter and includes symptoms such tiredness, loss of appetite and diarrhea.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Similar to canine parvovirus in symptoms, the illness first appeared in Otsego County in Northern Michigan but has spread even further north, animal experts in the state say.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Routine canine vaccinations include those against parvovirus, and dog owners should make sure their pets have the vaccine, the agriculture department says.
    Chris Boyette, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The parvovirus, which was first recognized in 1978, can live for months outside the body, spreading not just from animal to animal but through feces, sneaking into the yards of dog owners via a bit of excrement stuck to the bottom of a person’s shoe.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2024
  • It may also have been born infertile and susceptible to a host of canine diseases, such as parvovirus, distemper, and brucellosis.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023

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