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• v  communicate a disease to
  Your children have infected you with this head cold
• v  contaminate with a disease or microorganism
• v  corrupt with ideas or an ideology
  society was infected by racism
• v  affect in a contagious way
• a  containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms

• She is but one of 1 million HIV-infected Americans and one of only five ever to have been infected by a health-care worker -- all five by the same dentist.
• One wife became infected after only one exposure, and another after just eight.
• Usually, infected corpses are covered in plastic before they are buried.

• infect
• taint
• septic

• disinfect
• antiseptic

News & Articles

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• MERS outbreak infected 10 in Jordan in 2012, study shows
  By VERONICA LINARES, UPI.com A retrospective study of the MERS coronavirus shows that the first known outbreak took place in Jordan and it infected 10 people, two of whom have died.
  June 17, 2013 - UPI
• H.I.V. Tests Urged for 800 Million in India
  A statistical study suggests that testing all sexually active adults and treating those infected would save lives and be cost-effective.
  June 17, 2013 - New York Times
• Three infected with E. coli in Wellesley, official says
  Health officials are investigating an outbreak in Wellesley of E. coli, a bacterial infection that causes stomach distress and can be serious. Wellesley public health director Leonard Izzo said officials believe that three people have been infected, two seriously.        
  June 14, 2013 - Boston Globe

Quotes

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• Mark Cuban in International Herald Tribune
  In a press release, and in a post on his blog, Cuban accused the commission of being "infected by the misconduct of the staff of its enforcement division," but did not discuss details of the lawsuit.
• President Bush in Middle East Online
  Our hearts also go out to the children who have been infected by HIV/AIDS. Together with the EU, the United States is contributing to a fund providing assistance to the Libyan children suffering from this disease and to their families,Bush said.
• Barack Obama in Reuters
  In his own comment on the Stevens case, Obama said it was a verdict on "the broken politics that has infected Washington for decades."