contagion
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R0 is a basic reproduction number measuring the contagion potential of a virus, so an R0 of 2.7 means one infected person will spread it to 2.7 other people on average.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
But WHO officials insisted that the risk of wider contagion was low "because of how the virus works".
From BBC • May 11, 2026
While the contagion risk is low, the flare-up has sparked fears of another pandemic akin to Covid.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
The contagion is typically found in rodents and rarely infects humans.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
In the view of Ramenofsky and Patricia Galloway, an anthropologist at the University of Texas, the source of contagion was very likely not De Soto’s army but its ambulatory meat locker: his three hundred pigs.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing contagion
"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Common Senses: Tact, Tang ("Touch")
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Between Shades of Gray
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