infected person
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinfectedandperson
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infected
adjective
uk/ɪnˈfek.tɪd/us/.ɪnˈfek.t̬ɪd/
(of a person or animal) affected by an organism that can ...
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person
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɜː.sən/us/ˈpɝː.sən/
a man, woman, ...
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(Definition ofinfectedandpersonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Transmission occurs through the inhalation of respiratory droplets when in close contact with aninfectedperson.
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They did not necessarily have any direct contact with aninfectedpersonnor show any signs of disease themselves.
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Once reinfection occurred, a gastric cancer risk was considered the same as that of an untreated,infectedperson.
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Mechanical inoculation occurred when tsetse bit aninfectedpersonand soon after bit an uninfected person.
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Every dot represents a simulation (100 mosquito bites on aninfectedperson).
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It is only in the privacy of the lavatory that theinfectedpersonfeels he can study that kind of poster.
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The reason for this is that theinfectedpersonis likely to constitute a threat to the health and safety of patients.
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Anything spat out by aninfectedpersonmight have an effect, but it would contain saliva rather than droplets from the lung.
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Nevertheless, other ways of transmission cannot be ruled out, such as direct close contact with aninfectedperson.
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First, only a proportion of the blood cells of aninfectedpersoncontain the virus.
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With syphilis, identifying aninfectedpersonis a simple matter.
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Everyone around theinfectedpersoncan then be infected, and it can spread to other parts of the body such as the spine.
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It is not passed on by infection from lavatory seats or dirty glasses, or by shaking hands with aninfectedperson.
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It requires that some bodily secretion of aninfectedpersonenters a lesion in the skin surface of the receiver of the infection.
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At least every tenth newlyinfectedpersonis under 25 years old.
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If just once in its history it enters into the secretions of aninfectedpersonthat needle can pass the infection on to any others who use it.
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Furthermore, even if human contact is made with completely untreated sewage the danger to health is present only if it has originated from aninfectedperson.
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Many norovirus outbreaks have been traced to food that was handled by oneinfectedperson.
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It's a virus that causes theinfectedpersonto come down with things like influenza, various forms of cancer, you name it.
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