adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be infected with a virus
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Thousands of people may already be infected with the virus.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blood
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Now there are ways of making sure that infected blood isn't used in transfusions.
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Through infected blood and blood products entering the bloodstream.
cell
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In the next step enzymes native to the infected cell add two more phosphate groups to make acyclovir triphosphate.
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In most cases the infected cells eventually disintegrate and die, their own metabolism fatally disrupted by the presence of the virus.
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The disintegration of infected cells provides another mechanism for the release of newly-formed viruses.
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The strategy turned out to be successful, and the resultant recombinant viruses produced reasonably large amounts of HbsAg in infected cells .
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The simplest viruses rely on the enzymes of the infected cell to perform both protein synthesis and gene replication.
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Some viruses rely entirely on the enzymes of the infected cell to catalyse every step in the production of more viruses.
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Another possible point of attack is the final assembly of new viruses and their release from the infected cell .
individual
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Whereas non-infected individuals respond with largely type-specific responses, infected individuals respond with a profile distinctly different from the normal individual.
patient
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Furthermore diarrhoea or weight loss were absent in a considerable proportion of infected patients .
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Although most chronically infected patients appear to have clinically apparent hepatitis, a subclinical chronic carrier state also exists.
person
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Once-a-day activity with an infected person leads to infection on average within six weeks.
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Any infected person can pass the virus to others.
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During this stage, the infected person usually feels quite well.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The cut on my foot became infected .
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The water here is infected with cholera.