transmissible

Example Sentences

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It requires close contact of less than one meter for 30 minutes, he said, adding that hantavirus is "much less transmissible" than Covid-19 or the flu.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Even though this is not an easily transmitted disease, it is transmissible and has a high mortality rate, Iovine said.

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

Likewise, abnormal attributes of individual parents are less transmissible than the general characteristics of the family.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various