infected
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Ranchers have to remove eggs and larvae and disinfect and treat wounds, infected ears or mucus membranes.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
As of Friday morning, there have been no additional cases of infected animals reported.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Satish Pillai, the CDC manager for the Ebola response, said "the total individuals that are infected and requiring isolation remains unclear."
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Approximately 28,600 people were infected and more than 11,000 died, but hundreds of thousands of lives were spared because the U.S. and the international community acted decisively.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
While waiting or serving his sentence, he’d probably get infected with TB—it was estimated that 80 percent of all Russian prisoners had bacilli in their bodies.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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