transmitted

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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

Much may depend on the full details of the case, how much senior members of the coaching staff knew and what was recorded or transmitted.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Unlike other infectious respiratory illnesses, hantavirus “infects cells very deep in the lungs, so it’s not as easily transmitted then when someone is speaking or coughing,” Iovine said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

It is the only form of the disease carried by rodents that can be transmitted between humans.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Salt-water boils—red, angry, disfiguring—were a leprosy of the high seas, transmitted by the water that soaked me.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel