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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by nabla9 on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @10:01AM (#27983826)
Infect is exactly the right word.

Infectious disease is also called transmissible diseases. Infectious microorganism or agent can be a virus, bacterium, protozoan, prion, viroid, or fungus.

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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by webmaven on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:37AM (#27985068)
Don't forget memes. Not the current pop-culture meaning of the term, but the original Dawkins version, which stretches to cover things like mass-hysteria.
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