Meaning of infect in English

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Examples of infect

infect
However, most of the latter are chronically infected.
The fish were infected with 18 helminth species, four myxozoans and one protozoan.
In highly endemic areas dogs may be infected with hundreds or even thousands of parasites on average.
Table 3 compares the households with only the index case infected to the households with two or more seropositive members (including the index case).
The occurrence of influenza-related complications was similarly distributed among individuals infected with each virus variant.
Over the years, limited outbreaks due to infected food or non-pasteurized milk have occurred.
Occupied only by infected livestock (assume any infected wildlife within a patch immediately go extinct); the number of patches is i.
Specifically we investigate levels of heterozygote deficit in the genotypes of oocysts from multiply infected mosquitoes.
Ten to twenty per cent of all congenitally infected children have manifested disease.
The number of latently infected individuals at the x-axis ranges from 0 to 20.
Children have been shown to be infected simultaneously by one, two [9] or multiple enteric viruses [14] or different strains of the same virus [15].
In the brain, macrophages/microglial cells are productively infected, while neurons and oligodendroglia are not.
The perfectionist speaks of '(simply) good', not 'good for', since 'good for' is infected with desire-dependence.
There are n kinds of illness that she may be infected with and each requiring a particular medication.
Initially, we do not know the exact illness that the patient is infected with.
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Translations of infect

in Chinese (Traditional)
疾病, (疾病)傳染,感染, 感染(地方,傷口或物體)…
in Chinese (Simplified)
疾病, (疾病)传染,感染, 感染(地方,伤口或物体)…
in Spanish
contagiar, infectar…
in Portuguese
infectar, infeccionar, contagiar…
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संसर्ग होणे, बाधा होणे, बाधित…
~に感染させる, 感染(かんせん)させる, 影響(えいきょう)を及(およ)ぼす…
( hastalık) bulaştırmak, geçirmek, mikrop kapmak…
infecter, contaminer, communiquer…
infectar, encomanar…
besmetten…
ஒரு நபர், விலங்கு அல்லது தாவரத்திற்கு ஒரு நோயை அனுப்ப, ஒரு இடம்…
(किसी व्यक्ति, पशु या पौधे को रोग से) संक्रमित करना, (किसी स्थान…
ચેપ લાગવો, સંક્રમણ, સંક્રમિત કરવું…
inficere, smitte…
infektera, smitta [ner]…
menjangkiti…
infizieren…
smitte, infisere, påføre (en sykdom)…
بیماری کےجراثیم پھیلانا, جراثیم کا کسی جگہ سرایت کرنا, نقصان دہ پروگراموں کو ایک کمپیوٹر سے دوسرے کمپیوٹر میں یا ایک ہی کمپیوٹر کی فائلوں میں منتقل ہونا…
заражати…
ఒక వ్యక్తి, జంతువు లేదా మొక్కకు వ్యాధిని అంటించు, వ్యాధి సోకు/ ఒక ప్రదేశం…
সংক্রমিত, দূষিত করা, ক্ষতিকারক প্রোগ্রামগুলি এক কম্পিউটার থেকে অন্য কম্পিউটারে বা একই কম্পিউটারের ফাইলগুলির মধ্যে প্রেরণ করা…
nakazit…
menjangkiti, menulari…
ทำให้ติดเชื้อ…
lây nhiễm…
zarazić, zakazić…
감염시키다…
infettare, contagiare…
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