infect

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It’s a terrifying prospect, they said, because the disease transmitted by infected water killed a few dozen people — most of them children — last year.

From Los Angeles Times

It has led to the deaths of more than 400 million poultry worldwide and has infected dairy cows, mink, foxes, bears, otters, and many other mammals and wild birds.

From Science Daily

Studies show that ʻiʻiwi, also known as the scarlet honeycreeper, face a mortality rate of about 90 percent if infected.

From Science Daily

Doctors could then analyze a newly infected patient's immune cells to see whether that protective marker is present.

From Science Daily

The danger of these big moves—which are like a giant metronome that swings over the market—is that they can infect the analytical mind-set needed to successfully navigate markets with the momentum-trading virus.

From Barron's