transmitted
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"Our research shows that this assumption may not always hold true. Other treponemal diseases may also have been transmitted from mother to child."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
The heat-loving parasite infects the intestines and is transmitted through faecal contamination.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
People become infected with the illness by consuming food or water that has been contaminated — the infection is not transmitted from person to person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Crypto sits outside the traditional plumbing of global finance, where banks, regulators and the electronic network by which ordinary payments are transmitted give Western governments visibility over the movement of money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
While all those types of information were also transmitted by other means in preliterate societies, writing made the transmission easier, more detailed, more accurate, and more persuasive.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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