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

"This is because the whale may carry diseases that can also be transmitted to humans, and there may also be a risk of explosion," as decomposition creates large volumes of gases, it said.

From Barron's • May 16, 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

The Andes strain identified in this outbreak is unusual in that it can be transmitted from human to human.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Furthermore, once malaria and yellow fever did become transmitted to the Americas by European ship traffic, they emerged as the major impediment to colonization of the New World tropics as well.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond