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Days later, he learned that the severe disease typically carried by rodents may have transmitted person-to-person.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Some have now been seen in viruses infecting people, but none of those appear to have transmitted onward.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 5, 2024

According to Kyiv-based aviation expert Anatoliy Khrapchynskyi, the warplane may have transmitted a signal from a ground base to the drone to increase the extent of their operation.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024

The most likely explanation is that they have transmitted these elements to each other.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

He could have transmitted the virus to his wife and offspring.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell