Definition of uninfected
: free from infection : not infected
- an uninfected wound
- an uninfected person
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It is transmitted when blood, semen or other bodily fluid from an infected person enters the body of an uninfected person.
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The best hope for that, at the moment, rests on a combination of vaccines to protect the uninfected and antiviral drugs to treat the infected, but the wrong mutation in the virus’ genome could render those weapons useless.
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The virus is transmitted when infected saliva of a mammal is passed to an uninfected animal, or through brain or nervous system tissue, according to the CDC.
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Patients should avoid mosquito exposure for up to five days after the onset of fever to avoid spreading the disease to uninfected mosquitoes.
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But a vaccination is available that can prevent uninfected people from contracting it.
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In first-year results of a Wisconsin study released earlier this year, DNR researchers found CWD-positive deer died at three times the rate of uninfected animals.
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Person-to-person transmission can occur if an uninfected person comes into direct contact with another person.
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That study found that the drug reduce the risk for HIV transmission to an uninfected partner by 75 percent compared with a placebo.
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First Known Use of uninfected
1625
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of uninfected
: free from infection
- an uninfected infant
- uninfected cells
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