infection
noun
Example Sentences
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He shut down his research lab and lives a quieter life, mostly isolated and seeing friends occasionally outside so as to not risk reinfection.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2023
The robust immune response observed in mothers upon reinfection resulted in only one out of five mothers passing the virus through the placenta, with no adverse health outcomes for any of the infants.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023
While a reinfection might still cause trouble, Al-Aly’s now studying whether that overall risk dropped thanks to vaccination and milder coronavirus strains.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
And reinfection protection was shown to be “substantially lower” for Omicron variants, which have been the dominant strains in the United States for over a year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
The spores may be carried by so many agents that it is difficult to prevent reinfection.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 by Northern Nut Growers Association
