How to Use infectious disease in a Sentence
infectious disease
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The infectious disease team was called in to consult on the case.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
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Then, days and weeks out, comes the emergence of the infectious disease.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 29 May 2024
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Meanwhile, infectious disease threats are on the rise or on the horizon.
—Kff Health News, Twin Cities, 9 Dec. 2024
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First, the study shows how different blood types can help fight against infectious disease.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
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Now that same system will not only screen for infectious disease agents but for opioids as well.
—Alice Park, Time, 21 Sep. 2023
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The fight against infectious disease is a race against evolution.
—Jacob A Tennessen, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
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Nobody thought this was an infectious disease.
—Akash Kapur, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
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At least one infectious disease expert agreed.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
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One of his first rotations was infectious disease.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
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The bubonic plague is an infectious disease caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Feb. 2024
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Some infectious disease experts say that the true number is likely much higher.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
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The deeply human story of the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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Yet it’s left largely to each state to decide how much infectious disease reporting to require about it.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
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An infectious disease fellow in Queens can encounter a farmer with tularemia.
—Spencer Dorn, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
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The surrender to infectious disease that some of the worst among us contemplate is not inevitable.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
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One less enjoyable side effect of kissing in humans is the spread of infectious disease.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
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That’s the viral strain behind this new outbreak, and why infectious disease scientists are so alarmed.
—David Cox, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2024
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These infectious disease doctors have been shouting this mantra for 40 years and yet there is no new solution.
—Torie Bosch, STAT, 31 Jan. 2026
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Not every infectious disease has been linked to this kind of lasting dysfunction, Jiang said.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023
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If zombie-ism is mass psychosis, an infectious disease passed from person to person, maybe there’s a way to treat it, a way to wake up from the fog.
—Katie Walsh, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
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If zombie-ism is mass psychosis, an infectious disease passed from person to person, maybe there’s a way to treat it, a way to wake up from the fog.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
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The lack of medical options has worried a lot of infectious disease experts — but some are holding out hope.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 20 May 2026
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The plague is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, transmitted by fleas.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 10 July 2024
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Without enough infectious disease experts leading this charge, our efforts will surely fall short.
—Raul Ruiz, STAT, 22 Nov. 2023
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Even when infectious disease is not listed as the cause of death, public health agencies warn that blood and body fluids may still pose risks to handlers.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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Some infectious disease experts have lauded the effort.
—Katie Silver, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026
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But during the pandemic, more people thought about infectious disease.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
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Instead, nearly eight hours passed before an infectious disease doctor and his team finally came in.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
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How to Cope The best way to avoid infectious disease spread by tick and mosquito bites is good protection.
—Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Mar. 2026
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But even more striking was how little evidence there was from other infectious disease outbreaks.
—Ilana Seff, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
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