as in poisoning
to pass something harmful (such as a disease) to someone or something else
If you come to work when you're sick, you'll infect everyone in the office.
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Herd immunity is the percent of the population that needs to be vaccinated to reduce the risk of a disease spreading and infecting those who can’t get vaccinated, either because of age, pregnancy or medical conditions.
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
The researchers then tested the cheeses over time to see whether any virus capable of infecting cells remained.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Between 1912 and the 1960s, when a vaccine was developed, nearly all children got the measles before the age of 15, infecting between 3 and 4 million people per year, the CDC says.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Ars Video Measles is one of the most infectious diseases on the planet, infecting 90 percent of unvaccinated people exposed.
—Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
The disease has been infecting humans for thousands of years.
—Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
Between two and three million years ago, the number of virus species infecting fish in the lake mysteriously mushroomed.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
At least one instance of a cat infecting a person with bird flu occurred in 2016.
—Kff Health News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
The majority are children, with 51 cases affecting kids between the ages of five and 17, 26 cases infecting those between 0 and four, 10 over the age of 18 and three pending.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
The researchers then tested the cheeses over time to see whether any virus capable of infecting cells remained.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Between 1912 and the 1960s, when a vaccine was developed, nearly all children got the measles before the age of 15, infecting between 3 and 4 million people per year, the CDC says.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Ars Video Measles is one of the most infectious diseases on the planet, infecting 90 percent of unvaccinated people exposed.
—Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
The disease has been infecting humans for thousands of years.
—Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
Between two and three million years ago, the number of virus species infecting fish in the lake mysteriously mushroomed.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
At least one instance of a cat infecting a person with bird flu occurred in 2016.
—Kff Health News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
The majority are children, with 51 cases affecting kids between the ages of five and 17, 26 cases infecting those between 0 and four, 10 over the age of 18 and three pending.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Infecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infecting. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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