transmitted
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But equipment to isolate and treat those infected by Ebola, which is transmitted through close contact, only began arriving in Rwampara on Monday, several days after the outbreak was declared.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
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
Ebola, a viral fever, is transmitted through bodily fluids, and has no known cures.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
But it stressed that people should not approach the whale because it might carry diseases that can be transmitted to humans.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
How could heat-killed bacterial debris—no more than a lukewarm soup of microbial chemicals—have transmitted a genetic trait to a live bacterium by mere contact?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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