transmissibility
Americannoun
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Dr Ngongo added that a new variant of mpox with "high potential for higher transmissibility" had also been detected in DR Congo.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025
An emerging potential epidemic demands our attention—and our full resources—when two features start changing for the worse: severity and transmissibility.
From Slate • Dec. 31, 2024
"It may have acquired an enhanced transmissibility genetic component fairly recently."
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024
“With each of these variants that takes over from the one before it, we do see increased transmissibility — it’s easier to spread from person to person. So, that’s really the concern with FLiRT.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024
Alienation is made as easy as possible; everywhere the transmissibility of property is perfectly free.
From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel
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