become infected with
Example Sentences
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Each year, up to 1 billion people globally become infected with seasonal flu.
From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026
A county's health officials have warned more children and young people could become infected with a severe strain of flu than usual at this time of year.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
About 1 in 20 people who become infected with dengue will become seriously ill, suffering shock, internal bleeding, organ impairment or respiratory failure.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024
Since 2022, 14 people have become infected with H5N1, with 10 of these cases resulting from exposure to poultry and the rest from dairy cows.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2024
Even the narrator's brother, in his account of the escape with two women in a pony-carriage, has become infected with that sense of detachment.
From H. G. Wells by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)
