infect

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Unlike a virus, the parasite can’t spread directly from animal to animal, and it requires an open wound to infect an animal, Talbot said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Bacteria can also infect wounds where screwworm maggots are present and may cause an infection that can lead to symptoms like fever or chills.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Ebola viruses naturally infect animals – mainly fruit bats – but people can become infected if they come into close contact.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

They calculated that the virus’s infectiousness—an estimate of how many people one contagious person will infect on average—is 2.1.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

And the one fear of every rabbit in it is that men are going to find them and infect them with the white blindness.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams