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transmissibility

American  
[tranz-mis-uh-bil-uh-tee, trans-] / trænzˌmɪs əˈbɪl ə ti, træns- /

noun

  1. the quality of being able to be transmitted.


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One of these mutations in Nimbus allows it to evade the immunity we have built against the virus from prior infections, so transmissibility might be slightly higher, said Dr. Rajendram Rajnarayanan, of the New York Institute of Technology campus in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

From Salon

“That said, we learned from Omicron that high transmissibility can cause as much damage as high per infection virulence, and at this point it is not just acute severity that is of concern, but longer-term impacts of repeated infection,” Gregory told Salon in an email.

From Salon

Dr Ngongo added that a new variant of mpox with "high potential for higher transmissibility" had also been detected in DR Congo.

From BBC

“I’m confident that we’ll find it in other states. Its behavior and transmissibility within and between cattle herds is still pretty much a black box,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

An emerging potential epidemic demands our attention—and our full resources—when two features start changing for the worse: severity and transmissibility.

From Slate