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
A total eclipse is one of the few things that resist being fully transmitted on a screen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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
Dengue is a viral fever caused by the dengue virus, which is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
For example, typhus was initially transmitted between rats by rat fleas, which sufficed for a while to transfer typhus from rats to humans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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