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Malaria is caused while the parasite is replicating in human red blood cell and it relies on scavenging, rather than creating, to satisfy its need for fatty acids.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024

But the tricky part is replicating this districtwide, Williams said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2022

The Merck and Pfizer treatments, which involve taking 30 or 40 pills over the course of five days, should be given early in the course of infection, while the virus is replicating quickly.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2021

In SARS-CoV-2, most transmission happens early on, when the virus is replicating in the upper airways, whereas serious disease, if it develops, comes later, when the virus infects the lower airways.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 19, 2021

Mutations happen when the virus is replicating — copying itself in a person.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2021