transmissible

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Namely, that this virus is far less transmissible.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

The only hantavirus type that is transmissible between humans -- the Andes virus -- has been confirmed among those who have tested positive, fuelling international concern.

From Barron's • May 10, 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

Tuberculosis and leprosy, so far as our present knowledge of them goes, appear likely to be transmissible in this way, and the Fijians are largely affected by both tubercle and leprosy.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil