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to pass something harmful (such as a disease) to someone or something else
If you come to work when you're sick, you'll infect everyone in the office.
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Our contact tracing effort reached more than 3 million New Yorkers who had been infected by, or were exposed to, the virus, creating millions of opportunities to break chains of transmission.
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Dr. Mitchell Katz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2025
Breakthrough infections, when a vaccinated person is infected are rare, as the measles vaccine provides up to 97% protection after 2 doses.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025
The researchers tested samples of raw milk cheese from a farm that had inadvertently produced them with milk from cows infected with bird flu.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Scientists later found viruses that infected our own cells without causing any major symptoms.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Dr. Mitchell Katz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2025
Breakthrough infections, when a vaccinated person is infected are rare, as the measles vaccine provides up to 97% protection after 2 doses.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025
The researchers tested samples of raw milk cheese from a farm that had inadvertently produced them with milk from cows infected with bird flu.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Scientists later found viruses that infected our own cells without causing any major symptoms.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Infected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infected. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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