How to Use infect in a Sentence
infect
verb
- All the computers in the office were infected by the same virus.
- The virus has infected many people.
- If you're sick you should stay home to avoid infecting other people in the office.
- The virus has infected many computers.
- They were unable to prevent bacteria from infecting the wound.
- Her enthusiasm has infected everyone.
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The city had a well, which was infected with E. coli due to hog farming.
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Grace Noble,
Dallas News,
24 July 2023
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If there are rust spots on the petals, the plant may be infected with Camellia petal blight.
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Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
28 Jan. 2024
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The iPSCs could be a good way to figure out how the virus infects different cell types.
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Matt Reynolds,
WIRED,
6 Mar. 2024
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These are a group of viruses that are known to infect bacteria.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
9 Nov. 2023
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Even in the midst of the sorrow and the heaviness each of them has a sense of humor and is infected with the magic of Ireland.
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David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Jan. 2024
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The measles virus can stay in the air and infect others for up to two hours after a contagious person has left the room.
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Discover Magazine,
8 Mar. 2024
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Dalton would scan for new species of exploitable devices and write code to infect them.
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Andy Greenberg,
WIRED,
14 Nov. 2023
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About 80% of Merkel cell tumors are infected with the Merkel cell polyomavirus.
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Gretchen Cuda Kroen,
cleveland,
6 Sep. 2023
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In up to 10 percent of those infected, some symptoms can last for years.
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Ashli Blow,
Scientific American,
19 Sep. 2023
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Most who are infected with the virus show no symptoms, but some may feel a fever or flu-like illness.
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Nick Stoico,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 July 2023
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So take action: Test and isolate so as not to infect others.
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Ariel Hart,
ajc,
17 Aug. 2023
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Even a minor cut or scrape that gets infected can lead to necrosis.
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Cara Beth Lee,
Verywell Health,
4 Jan. 2024
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To date, 33 people have been confirmed to be infected with the strain of bacteria.
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Gabe Hauari,
USA TODAY,
8 June 2023
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Per Doctors If the cyst becomes infected and filled with pus, and forms an abscess, the gland will be tender, swollen, and red.
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Women's Health,
26 June 2023
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Eight children were infected, and there have been no new cases since Jan. 8.
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Gabrielle M. Etzel,
Washington Examiner,
15 Jan. 2024
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The disease often infects branches on sycamores, causing girdling cankers and dieback.
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Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2023
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The county urged anyone who thinks they have been infected to contact their health care provider.
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Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Jan. 2024
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And Wood notes that even as the dog flu numbers increase, albeit slowly, there’s no case of a human infected with the dog flu.
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Tim Newcomb,
Popular Mechanics,
1 May 2023
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When that injury became infected, the disease spread to the roots and bones, the paper surmises.
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Matt Hrodey,
Discover Magazine,
22 June 2023
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Cells then use those instructions to produce the spike protein as if they had been infected by the real virus.
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Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Oct. 2023
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Fungal infections like these and blight infect the soil and destroy the tuber.
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Southern Living Editors,
Southern Living,
15 June 2023
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Pinworms are one of a number of parasitic worms that can infect the human body.
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Samantha Lauriello,
Health,
9 May 2023
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Its recent problems with deflation—consumer prices in the country sank 0.3% in July from a year ago—could infect the rest of the world.
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Bylionel Lim,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2023
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Overall, about one in five people infected with the Zika virus will show flu-like symptoms.
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Karen Garloch,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2024
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