infect

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Tens of children have been infected by a "fast-spreading" measles outbreak in several north London schools, health officials have said.

From BBC

It says infection at birth is the most common way of having a lifelong infection, with 90% of infected newborns becoming chronic carriers.

From BBC

It’s a terrifying prospect, they said, because the disease transmitted by infected water killed a few dozen people — most of them children — last year.

From Los Angeles Times

It has led to the deaths of more than 400 million poultry worldwide and has infected dairy cows, mink, foxes, bears, otters, and many other mammals and wild birds.

From Science Daily

Studies show that ʻiʻiwi, also known as the scarlet honeycreeper, face a mortality rate of about 90 percent if infected.

From Science Daily