person-to-person

Example Sentences

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That’s a lot of potential for an infection to pass from person to person.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

Unlike COVID-19, the Andes virus is much harder to transmit from person to person.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Most hantaviruses do not pass from person to person, but the Andes strain, identified in a number of people who had been on the Dutch cruise ship, does.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The only hantavirus type that can transmit from person to person -- the Andes virus -- has been confirmed among those who have tested positive, fuelling international concern.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

It passed through as many as sixteen generations of infection as it jumped from person to person in Sudan.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston