reinfect
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Elk in the region also are infected, and could reinfect any immunized bison.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
That means it has an ability to evade natural immunity or previous protection provided by vaccines, and reinfect people who have recovered from an earlier bout of COVID-19.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
Gandhi noted that there are less dangerous coronaviruses that cause the common cold, and noted that those cold-causing coronaviruses frequently reinfect.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2022
Taking preventative measures is especially important now as BA.4 and especially BA.5 can reinfect even those who recently contracted an earlier Omicron subvariant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
But I tell you men, also, that unless she find that antidote she will surely reinfect herself.
From The Fighting Chance by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
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