How to Use immunodeficiency in a Sentence

immunodeficiency

noun
  • People who are sick, suffer from immunodeficiency disorders or those with open wounds should not go into the river.
    — Taryn Luna, sacbee, 21 Apr. 2018
  • His approach could be further applied in autism or immunodeficiency research.
    — Charlotte Hu, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Get more sleep Research has shown that both short and long-term lack of sleep can result in immunodeficiency and higher levels of inflammation in the body.
    — Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Lung disease, asthma, heart disease and, of course, immunodeficiency, are all risk factors for more serious cases.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The playwright’s conceit is to portray living with the immunodeficiency virus as a facet of a satirical contest — as if a human’s health could be trifled with, laughed off.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
  • The danger posed by serious catfights comes from the fact that deep wounds are one of the principal ways that feline leukemia and immunodeficiency disease are transmitted.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Others had more serious problems, such as feline leukemia or feline immunodeficiency virus.
    — Ken Palmer, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2017
  • Common variable immunodeficiency often has minimal symptoms, and many people have it and do not realize it.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The cause is unknown, but is unrelated to alcohol, steroid use, hepatitis, or any kind of immunodeficiency disease.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 2 Feb. 1999
  • Domestic cats have the potential to transmit a variety of diseases to native felines, such as feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukemia virus.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Consider feline immunodeficiency virus, which attacks cats’ immune systems and has a survival rate of 80% four to six years postinfection.
    — Matthew R. Bailey, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Once the campaign begins, first in line will be those over 65 years old, professionals whose jobs put them at high risk and those with pre-existing conditions such as obesity and immunodeficiency.
    — WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
  • People with immunodeficiency diseases or severe liver disease, for example, should only do so with their doctor’s permission.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 June 2022
  • Her handlers found that the feline suffered from a host of diseases, including feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV).
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The 58-year-old lawyer who lives in Phoenix has an immunodeficiency disease that increases his risk of severe outcomes from covid-19 and other infections.
    — Sam Whitehead, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Cats living with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) often get overlooked at shelters.
    — Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Because the virus can still replicate, certain people (particularly those with immunodeficiencies) may have severe reactions.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 May 2020
  • For people with primary immunodeficiency or advanced HIV, their immune systems may simply be unable to respond to the vaccine.
    — Ryan Kost, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Wendy Halperin, 54, was diagnosed at age 28 with a condition called common variable immunodeficiency.
    — New York Times, 15 Apr. 2021
  • That includes people over 65 and those with underlying conditions such as obesity, kidney disease and immunodeficiency.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Finding a safe place to live and work with common variable immunodeficiency — a condition that limits her body’s ability to produce antibodies and fight infections — is difficult outside of a pandemic.
    — NBC News, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Plagued with chronic respiratory infections as a child, she was diagnosed at age 4 with primary immunodeficiency, a disorder that weakens the immune system.
    — Candace Jordan, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Simian immunodeficiency virus first arose in monkeys before transforming into HIV.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Her 11-year-old daughter suffers from a rare immunodeficiency disorder that requires biweekly plasma infusions to provide some protection against disease.
    — Lee Ann Anderson, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Kittel, who has suffered from recurrent bone infections since 2014 and receives treatment for an immunodeficiency, created the holiday lights and snowflake artwork.
    — Suzanne Pfefferle Tafur, NOLA.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Today it is also prescribed for secondary immunodeficiency, which can occur when the body's immune system is compromised by viruses or treatments for cancer, although there may be other medicines for reinvigorating the immune system in those cases.
    — Julie Appleby, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • According to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine , an autoimmune response---when your immune system attacks your own body---triggers the immunodeficiency.
    — Sophie Bushwick, Discover Magazine, 24 Aug. 2012
  • One of the first attempts came in 1990, when researchers at the National Institutes of Health treated two young girls with severe immunodeficiency caused by a missing enzyme.
    — Esther Landhuis, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2021
  • That guidance was limited to those who have received organ or stem cell transplants, people with cancer, those with untreated HIV, primary immunodeficiency and patients on drugs that suppress immune response.
    — al, 4 Sep. 2021
  • With her son diagnosed with a life-threatening immunodeficiency disorder and her husband, Marco (Ivan Shaw) struggling with a gambling addiction and unable to get a visa, Thony is left to save the boy on her own.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 7 Apr. 2022

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