catch/contract/get a disease/cold...

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I caught a cold while we were in Vancouver. (W.Magnuson,Eng.Idioms)

He caught malaria when he was in the tropics. (English Idioms, Oxford)

He caught a cold on his way to Tangiers which affected his left lung, but this was merely the prelude to what became an unfortunate trip. (BNC)

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