mes·o·gen·ic (m z  -jn  k)adj. Of or relating to the capacity of a virus to lethally infect embryonic hosts after a short incubation period but that is incapable of infecting immature and adult hosts. |
mesogenic
1. a host-parasite relationship in which the parasite dominates but the host usually survives.
2. of medium virulence; said of some strains of newcastle disease virus.
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