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How to use the word infectious in a Sentence? Page #6

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I seriously doubt that the Chinese public officials have any data supporting this statement, i know of no evidence in 17 years of working with coronaviruses -- SARS and MERS -- where anyone has been found to be infectious during their incubation period.

Michael Osterholm

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We at CDC don't have clear evidence that patients are infectious before symptom onset.

Nancy Messonnier

Found on CNN
4 years ago

That's why we set up protocols that will allow us to treat patients with infectious diseases in a way that we can isolate them without spreading the virus to anyone.

George Diaz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We don't believe you are infectious until you have symptoms.

John Wiesman

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It is possible that often mild symptoms, and probability of people being affected and infectious without experiencing symptoms, from this coronavirus may be masking the true numbers of people who have been infected, and the extent of person to person transmission.

Jeremy Farrar

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It's easy to assume infectious diseases in the past would have catastrophic results. Yet, we used every type of data set we could get our hands on, without assuming a disease outbreak must result in catastrophic results, i.e. that tens of millions died. We found no evidence in any of these data sets to suggest such a destructive outcome, this paper was only possible by working with a diverse disciplinary team, and we hope our work will start a new collaborative discussion of the impact of past disease outbreaks.

Lee Mordechai

Found on CNN
4 years ago

That one case has generated over 360 contacts - which is a large number of contacts for any case. We know that person was highly infectious at the moment of death. That is why we are so concerned.

Michael Ryan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There is infection in everything. Even sleepiness can be infectious, and yawning can be infectious. There is even the infection of a time.

Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings

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4 years ago

They didn't find any microbial growth on the lunar samples, and they didn't have any microorganisms that they at least initially attributed to any extraterrestrial source or lunar source, and the crew didn't have any signs of an infectious disease, and all the rodents survived the exams, so everybody did well.

Judith Hayes

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Theres probably about 100 other people out there that would say he was their best friend too, because he treated everybody like that. He just had such an infectious personality.

Andrew Heaney

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The kids had colds and were sick and said they didn't have access to soap to wash their hands. It was an alcohol-based cleanser. Some kids who were detained for two to three weeks had only one or two opportunities to shower, one said they hadn't showered in three weeks. Hygiene and living conditions like this creates a risk of spreading infectious disease. It makes me very concerned about the public health emergency.

Clara Long

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We anticipate if we vaccinate with these 31 components ahead of time, just like an infectious disease vaccine, the dog's immune system will be prepared -- pre-prepared to see a tumor and kill it.

Stephen Johnston

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We don't have enough data to say for certain what is the mechanism for increased mortality but this effect on infectious diseases, particularly influenza, is a good candidate.

Rasmus Nielsen

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Encouraging the spread of an acute infectious disease in a community demonstrates a callous disregard for the health and safety of friends, family, neighbors, and unsuspecting members of the general public, a person who has contracted chickenpox can be infectious for up to 2 days before experiencing the rash that is associated with the virus.

Northern Kentucky

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I remember Riley's enthusiasm for life, infectious smile, and bright-eyed amiability, i can think of only one way to describe his passing — heart-wrenching.

Riley Howell

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Campuses really are hotbeds of infectious diseases, young people are in close contact, being intimate, eating food together, living together in dorms.

Lawrence Gostin

Found on CNN
5 years ago

As well as the return of measles and other vaccine-preventable infectious diseases, the continued upsurge in malaria could soon become uncontrollable.

Martin Llewellyn

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The measles virus is a highly contagious infectious disease that can be fatal in small children, and the existence of 26 confirmed cases in the state of Washington creates an extreme public health risk that may quickly spread to other counties.

Governor Jay Ipsee

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Infectious agents have been implicated in the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease before, but the evidence of causation hasn't been convincing.

Stephen Dominy

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Chief Kent's drive, determination and tenacity were infectious. Although she has left us way too soon, she will not be forgotten, and her legacy will live on with us.

Cryptologic Warfare Activity 66

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Cecil's laugh was infectious. David Rosenthal was so kind and had such a gentle spirit. Together, they looked out for one another, they were inseparable. Most of all, they were kind, good people with a strong faith and respect for everyone around.

Chris Schopf

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Immunology, like other cutting-edge areas of biomedical science, is a global discipline and one in which the UK excels, we currently rank first amongst the G7 nations for our research in immunity and infectious disease and are now starting to reap the benefits of our efforts, with new treatments for previously incurable diseases emerging after decades of investment and collaboration in immunological research.

Peter Openshaw

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We currently rank first amongst the G7 nations for our research in immunity and infectious disease and are now starting to reap the benefits of our efforts, with new treatments for previously incurable diseases emerging after decades of investment and collaboration in immunological research.

Peter Openshaw

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This person has been isolated and we are taking a highly precautionary approach to ensure that all contacts are traced, the fact that only one of the fifty contacts of the initial monkeypox-infected patient has been infected shows how poorly infectious the virus is.

Nick Phin

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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