science infection

To be either (a) infected with an overwhelming love of science or (b) to contract an unidentified infection as a direct result of an overexposure to a scientific object or event

Nerd Girl 1: I have such a girl boner for that guy Sheldon from Big Bang Theory! I think I must have a science infection.
OR
Nerd Girl 2: I was in the lab last afternoon working on an extra credit project for Mr. Blumpkin's AP Chemistry class and I leaned over too far and burnt my mosquito bites on the hot side of from the Bunsen burner and now I have a heinous science infection