transmitted
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The World Health Organization said it is possible there was human-to-human transmission of hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, a rare way the virus typically transmitted by rodents can spread.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Hantaviruses circulate in rodents and can be deadly when transmitted to humans.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
But there is one strain of hantavirus — known as the Andes virus — that can be transmitted from human to human, and has been transmitted in Thailand and Argentina.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
This period was crucial, as it came before humans spread widely beyond Africa and before agriculture significantly changed how malaria was transmitted.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
They heard live music played by an orchestra in New York and transmitted to the fair by long-distance telephone.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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