become infected with
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Most often, people become infected with these viruses by inhaling aerosolized urine or droppings from infected rodents.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
High dose vitamin D supplementation also did not lower the chance that household contacts would become infected with COVID-19.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026
About 1 in 20 people who become infected with dengue will become seriously ill, suffering shock, internal bleeding, organ impairment or respiratory failure.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024
She said they had become infected with groupthink – no-one was challenging the orthodoxy.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024
He too had at last become infected with the anxious mother’s forebodings and felt that there was no need for Molly and Dolly to be also frightened.
From Dorothy's Travels by Schneider, S.
