infect
Example Sentences
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She said they were infected soon after Darren arrested a suspect who was displaying symptoms of the virus.
From BBC
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can be spread to humans by infected ticks, and affects an estimated 476,000 Americans each year.
Kluh’s district uses X-rays to sterilize males but there are other methods, such as using genetically modified insects or ones infected with bacteria.
From Los Angeles Times
The start of the outbreak was a super-spreader event - when an unusually large number of people are infected - at the nightclub Club Chemistry in Canterbury between 5 March and 7 March.
From BBC
The danger is that the infected body cannot stave off fever, headaches or other basic illnesses.
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