adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bacterial/viral/fungal infection (= caused by bacteria, a virus, or a fungus )
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Antibiotics are not effective against viral infections.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attack
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Disease caused by fungal attacks is kept at bay with the prompt removal of both infected and damaged material.
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Rot in Timber Timber decay which is not owed to insect action is normally the result of fungal attack .
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Therefore, in a sound, dry building there is no need to fear fungal attack .
disease
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An initial theory is that the baobabs contracted a fungal disease after rains earlier this year ended almost a decade of drought.
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Spraying is necessary, particularly against fungal diseases , to have a decent harvest of nice-looking fruit every year.
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Similarly, fungal diseases show characteristic effects that reveal both presence and identity.
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The fungal disease affects wheat, durum wheat and triticale, a hybrid of wheat and rye.
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Some plants already possess genetic resistance to attacks by insect pests while others resist certain fungal diseases .
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A: Perhaps your grapes are suffering from black rot, a fungal disease .
infection
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This greyish film can be mistaken for fungal infection .
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This is a fungal infection of the brain.
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By mixing the varieties intimately within the field, the spread of a fungal infection can be drastically slowed.
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Bacterial and fungal infections almost always occur at the site of an earlier wound.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A: Perhaps your grapes are suffering from black rot, a fungal disease.
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Histoplasmosis is caused by fungal spores that are usually inhaled.
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Other forms of fungal decay of timber in buildings are relatively unimportant because they are not able to spread to sound wood.
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Sections were examined by light microscopy for bacterial, protozoal, fungal , and viral enteric pathogens.
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Some plants already possess genetic resistance to attacks by insect pests while others resist certain fungal diseases.
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Spraying is necessary, particularly against fungal diseases, to have a decent harvest of nice-looking fruit every year.
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The fungal disease affects wheat, durum wheat and triticale, a hybrid of wheat and rye.
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These are, however, even inserted at positions identical to those of corresponding fungal and liverwort intervening sequences.