transmitted

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This hormone activated enteric neurons connected to the gut, which then quickly transmitted signals to the brain through a direct gut-brain neural pathway.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

Most Ebola spillover events, which is when a virus like Ebola is transmitted to humans, occur in miners working deep in caves where bats live.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

But it stressed that people should not approach the whale because it might carry diseases that can be transmitted to humans.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

"This is because the whale may carry diseases that can also be transmitted to humans, and there may also be a risk of explosion," as decomposition creates large volumes of gases, it said.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

The most effortless way a germ could spread is by just waiting to be transmitted passively to the next victim.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond