noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ nasty , serious , severe
▪ mild , minor , moderate
▪ acute , chronic
▪ recurrent
▪ primary , secondary
▪
If the primary ~ is not treated further outbreaks may occur.
▪ new
▪
Over 90% of all new ~s occur in the developing world.
▪ rare
▪ bacterial , fungal , viral
▪ chest , ear , etc.
▪ pulmonary , respiratory , urinary tract , etc.
▪ herpes , HIV , yeast ( AmE ), etc.
▪ opportunistic
VERB + INFECTION
▪ have , suffer , suffer from
▪
He's suffering from an acute lung ~.
▪ be at risk from , be at risk of , be prone to , be susceptible to , be vulnerable to
▪
Goats appear to be more susceptible to the ~ than sheep.
▪ be exposed to
▪
Vaccination is essential to protect people exposed to hepatitis B ~.
▪ acquire , catch , contract , develop , get
▪
She's always getting chest ~s.
▪ cause
▪ pass , pass on , spread , transmit
▪
The ~ is passed on through the horse feed.
▪ carry
▪
Almost all the sheep on the farm carried the ~.
▪ guard against , protect sb/sth from
▪
to protect the body from ~
▪ avoid , prevent
▪ combat , fight
▪
The virus affects the body's immune system so that it cannot fight ~.
▪ fight off , kill
▪
Normally, white blood cells fight off and kill ~s.
▪ recover from
▪ leave/make sb susceptible to , leave/make sb vulnerable to
▪ die from , die of
▪ diagnose , diagnose sb with
▪ treat , treat sb for
INFECTION + VERB
▪ develop , occur
▪
an ~ that occurs in swans
▪ spread
▪
They want to prevent the ~ spreading to other parts of the body.
▪ cause sth , result in sth , trigger sth
▪
Heavy lung ~s may result in pneumonia.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
In acute ~s of the urinary tract the patient may suffer severe pain.
▪ ~ from
▪
~ from sewage water
▪ ~ through
▪
~ through unsafe sex
▪ ~ with
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~ with bacteria
PHRASES
▪ a cause of ~ , the onset of ~
▪
The drug must be taken from the onset of the ~.
▪ resistance to ~
▪
Taking vitamin C builds up your resistance to ~.
▪ a risk of ~ , a site of ~ ( medical )
▪
The urethra was the primary site of ~.
▪ a source of ~
▪
We are trying to trace the source of ~.
▪ the spread of ~