infected
Example Sentences
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Urgency to tamp down the invasive mosquito population in California has increased since 2023, when the state logged its first locally acquired dengue cases — meaning people were infected in their communities, not while traveling.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that 1.4 million Africans could be infected by early 2015 if the outbreak wasn’t halted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Then, nearly 29,000 people were infected and more than 11,000 died.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The infected mice had low levels of methionine, an essential amino acid that people normally get through food.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
They found that if they cleaned an infected wound with chemicals such as carbolic acid, bromine, nitric acid, and iodine, they could sometimes heal it.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
