contagious

Example Sentences

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The virus is contagious only when symptoms appear after an incubation period of two to 21 days.

From Barron's

Through these mutations, they can become more contagious, evade immunity, and become deadlier.

From Salon

He looked utterly miserable, sitting there like a man with a contagious disease.

From BBC

Measles is highly contagious, and a drop in childhood vaccination rates in Canada and in other countries has left many children unprotected from the disease.

From Salon

A wave of the highly contagious respiratory syncytial virus is beginning to wash over the United States — sending greater numbers of babies and toddlers to the hospital, recent data show.

From Los Angeles Times