transmitted

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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

Research into a 2018 outbreak in the Argentina region of Patagonia, where the Andes strain is endemic, found that most cases were transmitted on the first day an infected person had a fever.

From Barron's • May 13, 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

Hantavirus is a rare disease typically transmitted to humans through inhalation of particles contaminated with the urine, droppings or saliva from a rodent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

However, those tropical African crops could never be transmitted across South Africa’s Fish River, beyond which they were stopped by Mediterranean conditions to which they were not adapted.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond