infection

Example Sentences

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It was suspected that he had picked up an infection which his young lungs could not cope with.

From BBC

The infection is fatal in up to half of cases, and in some patients, a diagnosis carries an almost certain risk of death.

From Science Daily

Bathing macaques showed no increase in parasite infection rates or severity.

From Science Daily

Their study, published in 2025 in the journal the Lancet Microbe, found that the babies with that composition were less likely to be hospitalized for a respiratory infection before age 2 than other babies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dysfunctional macrophages play a role in many chronic conditions, including inflammatory disorders, fibrosis, infections, and metabolic diseases.

From Science Daily