infectious
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You don't need to understand the lyrics - or to have grown up with the more native sounds - to be swept up in his universally danceable rhythms, cinematic samples and infectious hooks.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
Families in eastern Congo traditionally wash and bury their dead themselves, but the corpses of Ebola victims are highly infectious.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
“With summer travel underway and Los Angeles County welcoming large gatherings and international visitors during World Cup events, the risk of exposure to infectious diseases may increase,” said Dr. Muntu Davis, the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
Vaccinated animals shed fewer infectious prions during both the early and later stages of disease and survived longer following exposure.
From Science Daily • Jun. 16, 2026
Or would it be the belief that every life was sacred, and that MDR potentially threatened more lives than any other infectious disease?
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing infectious
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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An American Plague
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