infect
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When influenza goes into a cell, it replicates and new viral particles then leave to infect other cells.
College students who were already infected with influenza were placed in a hotel room with healthy middle-aged adult volunteers.
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This chemical modification unexpectedly helps the fungus infect beetles, especially those that previously fed on spruce tissue rich in phenolic compounds.
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HHV-6B infects roughly 90 percent of children by age two and is best known for causing roseola infantum -- or "sixth disease" -- the most common cause of febrile seizures in young children.
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This marks the first time circoviruses have been detected in cetaceans from this region and adds to the growing list of viruses known to infect marine vertebrates.
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