infect

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The vaccine was engineered to work on all coronaviruses which would include all Covid variants and viruses that infect animals, but could start the next pandemic.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The plan is to infect males — which don’t bite — with a bacteria called Wolbachia, which effectively renders them sterile.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Bundibugyo is one of four species or strains of Ebola known to infect humans, named after a mountainous district in Uganda where the first outbreak took place in 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

They infect in different ways and are classed in entirely different phylums, meaning they are not remotely related.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

Some of Chip’s despair was beginning to infect Jonah.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix