Modifies a noun

• disease: Research areas: Infectious disease, Malaria, Genomics, Vaccines.

• mononucleosis: People who have infectious mononucleosis may be able to spread the infection to others for a period of weeks.

• anemia: This fact sheet provides information on equine infectious anemia ( EIA ), a contagious and potentially fatal viral disease of horses.

• enthusiasm: He contributes infectious enthusiasm to all forms of teaching using a wide range of media.

• agent: Back to top V Virus A small type of infectious agent.

• melody: With intention they marry an ear for infectious melodies to a healthy dose of social consciousness.

Modifying Another Word

• musically: This promises to be visually spectacular, musically infectious and darkly comic.

• highly: The highly infectious nature of the disease prompted a search for a viral agent.

• potentially: These reagents should be marked ` potentially infectious - not tested at source for.

• utterly: Still, it's utterly infectious and totally irresistible.

• incredibly: Outstanding tracks include the latest single ' Only This Moment ' , the incredibly infectious ' Triumphant ' and ' Follow My Ruin ' .

• instantly: Incorporating rumba, ragga, Spanish guitar and myriad African beats, their music is instantly infectious and delivered with impeccable artistry.

Used with adjective complement

• remain: Once you have the virus you remain infectious for life.

• prove: Many local bands are taking their contemporary Celtic sound to foreign shores where it's proving infectious.

• become: In Essex, however, ambition seems to have become infectious.

• consider: Blood, semen or vaginal secretions, and human milk from a person with HIV are considered infectious.

Preposition: in

• way: Notwithstanding my flippant opening remarks about cribbing each other's business plans, there is scope for best practice becoming infectious in this way.

Preposition: with

• TB: There is already clear evidence that cattle are infectious with bovine TB long before the skin test identifies the problem.

Preposition: for

• human: Vaccination of laboratory workers handling vaccinia and related poxviruses infectious for humans.

• hour: A person remains infectious for 48 hours after their symptoms have ceased.