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communicable

adjective as in able to be contracted

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But, he said, getting a cohort of unvaccinated children together puts them in danger of contracting communicable disease.

Such issues include communicable diseases, water management and renewable energy.

From Salon

The improvements were due primarily to decreasing deaths from communicable diseases — at least one of which declined by 99 percent.

From Salon

"Vaccines are always our best defence against infectious, communicable diseases," adds Dr Williams.

From BBC

“We have had multiple dairies refuse a site visit,” wrote the communicable disease program manager in Weld, Colorado, in a July 2 email.

From Salon

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