infect
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By tracking primary and secondary infections, the researchers estimated key transmission metrics, including the basic reproductive number, R0 - which measures how many people, on average, one infected person passes the virus on to.
From BBC
According to the CDC External link, up to 90% of children infected with hepatitis B during infancy develop a lifelong infection, and 25% of them will die prematurely of cirrhosis or liver cancer.
From Barron's
According to the CDC External link, up to 90% of children infected with hepatitis B during infancy develop a lifelong infection, and 25% of them will die prematurely of cirrhosis or liver cancer.
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France is probing possible foreign interference after a passenger ferry was infected with malware that could allow the ship to be remotely controlled, the interior minister said Wednesday.
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By first targeting large swaths of livestock in infected districts and then broadening out in three phases, the outbreak was quickly controlled, he said.
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