transmissible

Example Sentences

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“In conditions when people are not aware, this virus might be transmissible, especially at the beginning of an outbreak,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

It requires close contact of less than one meter for 30 minutes, he said, adding that hantavirus is "much less transmissible" than Covid-19 or the flu.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Even though this is not an easily transmitted disease, it is transmissible and has a high mortality rate, Iovine said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 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

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.