infected
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One particularly important challenge involved detecting the DNA produced by type VI retrons in cells that had not been infected.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
However, Williams advised people to try not to itch bites as they could become infected, and said antihistamine tablets and emollient creams could help.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Shav is a disease that primarily affects cattle and can be spread by infected midges.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
But Bezalel Mfashingabo, 44, a Kenyan flying from Nairobi through Addis Ababa, wasn't too worried because the "infected" are in quarantine in his home country -- and so "there is not much panic".
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
At Matrosskaya Tishina, about five hundred were infected, and deliberately isolated from the rest of the population.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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