1.   Animals contract the infection by eating feed that has been supplemented by the tissues of other infected animals.

2.   Also, your odds of contracting the infection depend in great part on where you live.

3.   A spokesman for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said there was no evidence that one of the Bonner Springs boys contracted the infection from the other.

4.   He had come down with a bad case of the flu and then contracted an infection, from which he died, said a friend, David M. Glantz.

5.   Ninety per cent of these children live in developing nations, most contracting the infection from their mothers during pregnancy, delivery or while breast-feeding.

6.   Rapp, now pitching for Baltimore, rushed home recently to be with his father, who apparently contracted an infection while fishing.

7.   Salmonella bacteria commonly infect animals and poultry, and people can contract infections from contaminated raw meat, poultry, eggs, water, kitchen surfaces, and utensils.

8.   Skin infections are readily contracted in warm, damp locker rooms, on pool and communal shower floors and through body contact with infected people.

9.   Victims contract the infection by inhaling water droplets containing the bacteria.

10.   Another six infants who contracted the infection were in a stable condition she said.