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
Most people who become infected with HPV will clear the virus from their body, NHS Wales says.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
Each year, up to 1 billion people globally become infected with seasonal flu.
From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026
In California, 34 people have become infected with H5N1, with all but one contracting the virus from infected dairy.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
There will always be people going about with the malarial organism in their blood, and always anopheles mosquitoes ready to become infected with it and to carry the infection about.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon
