infectious
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Infectious disease specialists should be involved in patient management, and public health authorities must be notified.
From Science Daily • Jun. 22, 2026
Infectious diseases common in the region such as malaria and typhoid share early symptoms with Ebola.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
“Public-health policies that single out non-U.S. citizens won’t prevent viruses from crossing our borders,” Jeanne Marrazzo, CEO of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said in a statement.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
That would include major cuts to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which was formerly headed by the respected immunologist Anthony Fauci.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Dr. William Currie’s sixty-four-page A Description of the Malignant, Infectious Fever Prevailing at Present in Philadelphia appeared at the beginning of September, when the fever was confined to a few streets and alleys.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing infectious
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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An American Plague
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