transmitted

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Most Ebola spillover events, which is when a virus like Ebola is transmitted to humans, occur in miners working deep in caves where bats live.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

Ebola, a viral fever, is transmitted through bodily fluids, and has no known cures.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

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

"This is because the whale may carry diseases that can also be transmitted to humans, and there may also be a risk of explosion," as decomposition creates large volumes of gases, it said.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Information could be spread far more widely, more accurately, and in more detail by writing than it could be transmitted by mouth.

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