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Transmitted through a dog's reproductive fluids, it can present in humans as a short-term fever with flu-like symptoms such as aching muscles but some may suffer longer-term complications such as bone and joint disease.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025
Transmitted through the saliva of infected animals, rabies is “almost always fatal” if it isn’t treated before symptoms appear, Fresno County officials warned.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2024
Transmitted mainly through saliva, the virus can lead to infectious mononucleosis, or “kissing disease,” in newly infected teens and young adults.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 14, 2022
Transmitted by bats and great apes, this virus can cause death in 70–90 percent of the infected within two weeks.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
Transmitted accounts of certain phenomena have been disparaged, seemingly because facts alleged therein baffle solution by to-day’s prevalent philosophy, which discards some agents and forces that were active of old.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
