virologist
noun [ C ] uk/vaɪəˈrɒl.ə.dʒɪst/ us/vaɪˈrɑː.lə.dʒɪst/
病毒学家
a scientist who studies viruses and the diseases that they cause
The world-leading virologist has joined the new EU COVID-19 advisory team. 这位世界知名的病毒学家已加入欧盟新成立的COVID-19顾问团队。
Each February, World Health Organization (WHO) doctors meet virologists to identify the flu strains they think will hit the following winter. 每年二月，世界卫生组织（WHO）的医生与病毒学家会面，确定他们认为将在下一个冬季来袭的流感菌株。
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- Many virologists and epidemiologists believe the springtime virus acquired a mutation that made it deadly as well as contagious, which it already was.
- Virologists say that to be effective, an Aids vaccine needs to be tested in an area of high HIV-prevalence.
- The daughter of a leading virologist has written an e-book to help young children cope with Covid-19.