transmitted

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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

A number of cases have been seen in Scotland in the past, involving a different type of hantavirus which can only be transmitted from rodents.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Research into a 2018 outbreak in the Argentina region of Patagonia, where the Andes strain is endemic, found that most cases were transmitted on the first day an infected person had a fever.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

In the U.S., hantavirus cases occur year-round and are transmitted via the urine, feces and saliva of wild rodents.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Samuel Morse changed the news business forever when he electronically transmitted the results of a congressional vote in Washington, DC, to a newspaper in Baltimore across a copper wire back in 1844.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock