infect

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The plan is to infect males — which don’t bite — with a bacteria called Wolbachia, which effectively renders them sterile.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Bundibugyo is one of four species or strains of Ebola known to infect humans, named after a mountainous district in Uganda where the first outbreak took place in 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

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

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

From Salon • May 11, 2026

Since the disease may take a very long time to kill its victim, the victim remains alive as a reservoir of microbes to infect other members of the tribelet.

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