Everyone interviewed recognised that a human being - or a domestic animal - could be infected with worms.
No doubt those animals could be infected with bacteria and other microorganisms which might influence investigated viral co-infections.
It said 10 million could be infected by 2010 if the epidemic is not checked.
Still, if she had H.I.V. and it wasn't diagnosed, the fetus could be infected at birth.
But the computer could be infected only if the recipient opened the attachment to the message.
A few months later, it vanished, burning itself out after infecting nearly everyone who could be infected.
It is estimated that 270,000 out of 1.1 million public servants could be infected by 2004.
Once the precedent is set, voters in other countries could be infected with the same rebellious spirit.
"It could be infected with H.I.V. or hepatitis or something else!" "Don't they test the blood?" I asked.
Since then, Zika has spread to Brazil, where scientists estimate as many as 1.5 million people could be infected.
The NCA believes "thousands" of computers could be infected in the UK, and said the virus mainly affected Windows users.
