contagiousness

Example Sentences

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“I think most people are most contagious when they have diarrhea, and when the diarrhea resolves the contagiousness goes away,” Roberts says.

From National Geographic • Dec. 8, 2023

But EG.5, which has also been called Eris, does not appear to have any new capacities when it comes to its contagiousness, its symptoms or its likelihood of causing severe illness.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023

Now, more researchers are investigating whether this contagiousness is something seen across the animal kingdom.

From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2022

Throughout the pandemic, people have often conflated two different concepts: contagiousness and severity.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2022

We have, in our minds, a very specific, biological notion of what contagiousness means.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell