infected

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Bundibugyo has caused only two outbreaks before - in 2007 and 2012 - where it killed around 30% of people infected.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The rare respiratory disease, for which there is no cure, typically spreads through the urine, feces and saliva of infected rodents.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Most were infected outside the U.S. but two nurses who cared for an Ebola patient stateside contracted the disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Kaiser did not specify how ill those infected are, nor did they say specifically how the bacteria were detected.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

If the software really had been infected with some sort of virus, what would happen?

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz