transmissible
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Gomez takes antiretroviral therapy, a lifesaving medication that reduces the number of infected cells, making the disease less transmissible and prevents HIV from developing into AIDS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Scientists have rejected the idea that a recent mutation made the Andes virus transmissible between humans.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
But the 18-year-old said she and her friends had become less worried, as they now know "meningitis is not very transmissible".
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
The hepatitis B virus is highly transmissible and many people may not know they have it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
For a long time, however, practical husbandmen have recognized an epizoötic or contagious kind of abortion, a definite transmissible disease in which the loss of the fetus is the most prominent characteristic.
From Contagious Abortion of Cows by MacNeal, Ward J.
