infection
noun
Example Sentences
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He had access to medications dropped by drone and he was able to keep the wounds clean and covered, preventing reinfection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
"If infection is associated with an increased risk of severe disease and an impaired immune response for the overweight, this group has a potentially increased risk of reinfection," Dr Short said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2023
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
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
It is probable that these cases, like the pneumonias that do not end by crises, are complicated by some other condition in the joint that leads to reinfection.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
