infected

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When Salk scientists added methionine to the diets of infected mice, the animals followed a very different disease trajectory.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Ebola spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including sweat, saliva, blood, semen, excrement, urine and vomit.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

As of May 19, nine California residents have been infected, six of them children, according to the California Department of Public Health.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

The rare Bundibugyo Ebola strain has killed 238 people and infected 1,077 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the country’s health ministry—making it the third-largest Ebola epidemic in history.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

This was an angry, glowering red, the color of an infected wound.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman