"catching a disease" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are talking about someone becoming ill due to a contagious illness. For example, "Thousands of people have caught a disease since the outbreak of the virus."
Others fear catching a disease or virus like H.I.V. from the victim through mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, although the risk of transmitting any infection is very low.
There's no interaction with other prisoners, and you're afraid to breathe too deeply for fear of catching a disease of some sort.
Then there's Night Surf, the story of a group of survivors capturing and burning a man as a sacrifice to prevent them from catching a disease called Captain Trips.
Hrmmm… It also does all the good things a laser mouse should, so even if you're not hung up on catching a disease from your electronics you should feel free to check it out.
Except for the possibility of catching a disease, men shoulder little of the physical risks of having sex: there is no pregnancy to put them out of action, no death or injury in childbirth and no nursing.
Mom catching a disease is a big deal, and we weathered a number of cracks in the foundation.
The received wisdom is that there are also costs to group living, not least a greater risk of death from catching a contagious disease.
4. Hopefully, it means you don't have to worry about catching a "social disease".
The causal chain for belief about diarrhoea is probably too long: the threat of a child catching a benign disease sometime in the future provides no immediate motivation to change a current practice in that instant.
@MillyAbraham / @joelgolby @sophwilkinson / @MrDavidWhelan.
Figuring out what to do with your spooning arm, "learning to say sorry" and creating iCals for oral sex almost make settling down seem like a good idea when you consider the risks of one-night stands – whether that's fucking over a friend, being forced to confront your self-esteem issues head on, or catching an exotic disease that ends up making someone's penis look like a sea anemone.
