infected
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While rarely fatal, Lyme disease can cause rashes and flu-like symptoms among people who are bitten by an infected tick, and in some cases neurological problems.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Adults born in Ukraine, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Albania, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Czechia or Slovakia are particularly urged to test, as some may have been infected through medical or dental procedures before 1991.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Public health officials say the virus can remain in the air and on surfaces for many hours, even after an infected person has left.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
This time, the Bundibugyo variant has infected 3,973 people, killing 1,801 of them in the first 10 weeks alone, giving it the potential to accelerate much faster from now on, epidemiologists warn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Then in the 1980s, most of the sponges in parts of the Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea became infected with pollution.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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