transmissible

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Scientists have rejected the idea that a recent mutation made the Andes virus transmissible between humans.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Namely, that this virus is far less transmissible.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

But the 18-year-old said she and her friends had become less worried, as they now know "meningitis is not very transmissible".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The hepatitis B virus is highly transmissible and many people may not know they have it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The changes here, it will be observed, are all of an organic kind, they are a part of the animal and are inseparable from it, and they are only transmissible by biologic heredity.

From A Grammar of Freethought by Cohen, Chapman