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

Dr. Josh Schiffer, an infectious-disease modeler and physician at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, says the study makes clear that Andes hantavirus can be transmitted through the air.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 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

The World Health Organization confirmed Thursday six cases involving the Andes strain, which is transmitted through contact with infected rodents.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

They are transmitted, like mitochondria, from generation to generation of eggs.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas