transmissible

adjective

trans·mis·si·ble tran(t)s-ˈmi-sə-bəl

tranz-

Synonyms of transmissible next

: capable of being transmitted

transmissible diseases

transmissibility

(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˌmi-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē

(ˌ)tranz-

noun

Example Sentences

The virus is highly transmissible to humans. the virus chiefly affects dogs but is transmissible to humans and other animals

Recent Examples on the Web The virus is highly transmissible. —

Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022 The issue is that this new variant is highly transmissible. —

Abc News, ABC News, 19 July 2022 The recent emergence of drug-resistant and more transmissible Candida auris is raising alarms among health professionals. —

The Conversation, Fortune Well, 6 Apr. 2023 Over the past three years, variants such as Delta, which caused a surge of disease and severe illness in 2021, and the extremely transmissible Omicron, which spread rapidly in late 2021 and is still the dominant variant worldwide, have changed the course of the pandemic. —

Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023 The announcements come as the highly transmissible new coronavirus subvariant of omicron, XBB.1.5, is showing exponential growth across the U.S., and as cases of flu and respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, begin to wane after big November and December surges. —

Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2023 With omicron now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in Connecticut, vaccine makers will include a component in their COVID-19 boosters that targets the highly transmissible Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, which account for more than 80 percent of cases in the United States. —

Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2022 The White House, which launched a website for ordering free COVID-19 tests on Tuesday, is stepping up the federal response to the flood of cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. —

Peter Weber, The Week, 19 Jan. 2022 Thanks in large part to the highly transmissible Omicron variant, COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly across the US. —

Korin Miller, Health.com, 10 Jan. 2022 See More

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