infect

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Ebola viruses normally infect animals, typically fruit bats, but outbreaks among humans can sometimes start when people eat or handle infected animals.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

She did not infect anyone else after her return despite taking two commercial flights in the U.S. when sick and before she was hospitalized in Delaware.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

They infect in different ways and are classed in entirely different phylums, meaning they are not remotely related.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

One of them went on to infect six people "because of his active social life", the study said.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Some farming populations make it even easier for their own fecal bacteria and worms to infect new victims, by gathering their feces and urine and spreading them as fertilizer on the fields where people work.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond