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

A number of cases have been seen in Scotland in the past, involving a different type of hantavirus which can only be transmitted from rodents.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

While hantavirus is generally contracted through exposure to infected rodents, the strain in the current outbreak can be transmitted from person to person.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The variant of the hantavirus suspected in both outbreaks is transmitted through the droppings, saliva and urine of the Andean mouse.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

This adapted feature would then be transmitted to the finch’s offspring by instruction, and their beaks would harden as well, having been pre-adapted to the harder seeds by their parents.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee