infect

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Ebola viruses normally infect animals, but outbreaks among humans can sometimes start when people eat or handle infected animals.

From BBC • May 24, 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

She did not infect anyone else after her return despite taking two commercial flights in the U.S. when sick and before she was hospitalized in Delaware.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

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

From Salon • May 11, 2026

Pigs breed exuberantly and can pass diseases to deer and turkeys, which then can infect people.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann