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Her father, for his part, recalled how it felt to come down with hantavirus, causing body aches and a bitter taste that even made sipping water unpleasant.

From Barron's May 11, 2026

Animals that catch it typically come down with a high temperature before developing blisters, usually around the mouth or feet.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2025

More than 3 years earlier, in the summer of 2020, Hayden had come down with COVID-19 while visiting family in Colorado.

From Science Magazine Apr. 11, 2024

It can be worse for others, but even so, we have come to accept that occasionally we’re going to come down with the disease, and we move on.

From Salon Apr. 2, 2024

It was like our family had come down with a horrible, incurable disease or something.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper




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