transmissible

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“In conditions when people are not aware, this virus might be transmissible, especially at the beginning of an outbreak,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

The only hantavirus type that is transmissible between humans -- the Andes virus -- has been confirmed among those who have tested positive, fuelling international concern.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

The National Trust spokeswoman added: "Decaying marine mammals pose a serious health risk. They can carry a range of diseases that are transmissible to humans and dogs."

From BBC • May 26, 2025

Egg prices already are going up due to the accelerating spread of H5N1, a highly transmissible and fatal strain of avian influenza.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

Nor are the biologists quite satisfied with Spencer's reconciliation, between empiricism and apriorism, for, in the form he gave it, there is the tacit assumption that results of experience are as such transmissible.

From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)