infected
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One particularly important challenge involved detecting the DNA produced by type VI retrons in cells that had not been infected.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
However, Williams advised people to try not to itch bites as they could become infected, and said antihistamine tablets and emollient creams could help.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
According to the DRC's figures, 10,060 people have been infected and 4,887 have died since the virus was first detected in May in the vast central African country's deadliest outbreak in its history.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Viruses often generate large quantities of RNA as they reproduce inside infected cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
I don't have a moment to wonder how on earth this rich man could have become infected.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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