infectious

[ɪnˈfekʃəs]

Definition:
1. Caused by infection or capable of causing infection.
2. Easily spread.
3. Of or relating to infection.

Use 'infectious' in a sentence:

1. And changes were infectious, I believed.
2. On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch examined a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious disease mainly affecting children.
3. Influenza is an infectious disease.
4. Forests curb infectious diseases.
5. But a virus being more infectious and equally dangerous will in itself lead to more deaths in an unvaccinated population.
6. Those with oriented motion is of infectious oncosphere.
7. This disease is infectious.
8. It first infects you because you breathe in some of the infectious agents.
9. His positive attitude and his laugh were infectious.
10. In a word, serum hepatitis was also infectious.
11. I'm still infectious.
12. It does research on infectious diseases and reproductive health, and also provides services.
13. Take a simple example like infectious disease.
14. This disease is not contagious [infectious].
15. Measles is an infectious disease!
16. He coined the word chemotherapy to describe this approach to the control of infectious disease.
17. Much larger trials are needed but the results reported in the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal show the new antibiotic appears to be as effective as current treatments.
18. Remembering his life, IOC President Thomas Bach recalled:" First and foremost, Jacques loved sport and being with athletes-and he transmitted this passion to everyone who knew him. His joy in sport was infectious.
19. Evaluation of different methods of detection and diagnosis for infectious pulmonary tuberculosis.
20. Infectious diseases are spreading among many of the flood victims.
21. Rotavirus is the biggest cause of diarrhoea in children and norovirus is so infectious it spreads rampantly4 through schools, care homes and cruise ships.
22. Tuberculosis is a respiratory infectious disease caused by tubercule bacilli.
23. He kept his son from the infectious flu.
24. Leprosy is not highly infectious.
25. This virus was highly infectious.
26. The system would greatly reduce the incidence of many infectious diseases that are acquired at the agricultural interface.
27. The central region should accelerate the standardization of hospitals for infectious diseases and centers for disease control and prevention, and improve the ability of urban and rural communities to provide medical services.
28. On the 20th of that month, Dr ． Welch examined a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious disease mainly affecting children ．
29. And the boy often broke into an infectious laugh.
30. This disease is not contagious [ infectious].
31. Infectious diseases are not the only problem.
32. What an infectious laugh she has!
33. Enthusiasm is infectious.
34. Don't you find her enthusiasm infectious?
35. China on May 13 inaugurated a new national administration of disease prevention and control, with its five major functions including formulating policies for the prevention and control of infectious diseases.
36. There was a peal of laughter down the phone, which Harry found infectious.
37. Infectious; having the ability to cause disease.
38. This applies to most respiratory infections ( e.g, mycoplasma infections, infectious coryza, laryngotracheitis).
39. An infectious facial cancer is spreading rapidly among Tasmanian devils.
40. A: Measles is a highly infectious disease.
41. A smile is infectious.
42. The patient is still infectious.
43. Is it possible to enjoy a peaceful life in a world that is increasingly challenged by threats and uncertainties from wars, terrorism, economic crises and a widespread outbreak of infectious diseases?
44. A group of Chinese netizens drafted a joint open letter to ask the WHO to investigate the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases ( USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick in June.
45. For several decades thereafter control of infectious disease was based exclusively on the use of antisera and vaccines.
46. She radiates an infectious enthusiasm for everything she does.
47. Infectious bronchitis generally begins with the symptoms of a common cold: runny nose, sore throat, fatigue, and chilliness.
48. Infectious diseases can be acquired in several ways.
49. Laughter is one of the most infectious expressions of emotion.
50. Flu is highly infectious.
51. These viruses affect children and are highly infectious.
52. Those suffering from infectious diseases were separated from the other patients.
53. His humor is highly infectious.