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The epidemic "infects" not only the people but also the national economies.

Erik Rasmussen: The World's Most Dangerous Epidemic Erik Rasmussen 2011

The epidemic "infects" not only the people but also the national economies.

Erik Rasmussen: The World's Most Dangerous Epidemic Erik Rasmussen 2011

I might not be understanding what you were getting at, but the word 'infects' would be why.

"American taxpayers are funding a lavishly appointed hospital in which hundreds of child molesters and rapists can idle their days away." Ann Althouse 2009

Developed as a treatment for severe anemia, Repoxygen therapy "infects" patients with a virus carrying a gene that prompts cells to produce erythropoietin, or EPO, a protein that boosts red blood cell production and endurance.

canada.com Top Stories 2010

Apparently, hooking up your PSP Resistance with the PS3 Resistance "infects" James Grayson, the lead character, with the Chimera virus.

PSP Updates 2009

She will remember, with sadness, how that optimism so quickly disappeared and left a legacy of political apathy that she thinks now "infects" her country's youth.

The Hindu - Front Page 2009

(As a side note: An effective rabies vaccine has been developed, using gene therapy, that puts the genetic code for a vaccine into an orally-available virus which then "infects" an animal that eats it.

The mysteries of rabies Boing Boing 2009

"infects" them with the virus of its own terminal decline.

Terrorists and Freedom Fighters Samuel Vaknin

a virus, and this malware "infects" applications when they are running to be able to carry out its operations.

Technology news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010

Justice Scalia recognized that unconscious racism infects the capital sentencing process.

The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010