transmitted
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West Nile virus survives in nature in several types of birds and is transmitted to humans by the bites of mosquitoes that feed on infected birds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
"The message transmitted by influencers is 'Look! Touch the shark, nothing will happen to you,'" he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Researchers are increasingly examining how diseases transmitted by vectors may have restricted where canine populations could survive and expand.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
“A thorough investigation found no evidence of MOD data or systems being accessed, compromised or transmitted externally,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
However, those tropical African crops could never be transmitted across South Africa’s Fish River, beyond which they were stopped by Mediterranean conditions to which they were not adapted.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
