infect
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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.
From Science Daily
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.
From Science Daily
Since the hepatitis B vaccine was universally recommended at birth in the early 1990s, the number of newborns infected with the virus each year has fallen to about 20 from 20,000.
When viruses spread through Migrions rather than as individual particles, they replicate more quickly inside newly infected cells.
From Science Daily
Department of Justice’s decision to drop its oversight because the possibility of more cases infected by the scandal might still be uncovered.
From Los Angeles Times
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