as in infectious
capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another
the virus chiefly affects dogs but is transmissible to humans and other animals
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The zero Covid policy, as it was called, was only abandoned in late 2022 when the highly transmissible Omicron variant of SARS-2 — and the Chinese public’s fatigue with the restrictions of the policy — made the approach untenable.
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Helen Branswell, STAT, 23 Nov. 2023
China’s economy last year likely grew at the slowest pace in more than two decades, as frequent lockdowns to curb the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus stifled domestic consumption and a real estate downturn showed little sign of reversing.
—Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
But by late 2022, China’s anti-Covid strategy was being strained by public fatigue and the highly transmissible omicron variant, and the government announced its end.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 29 June 2023
Such mutations could result in a variant with the highly transmissible nature of Omicron and the more severe symptom set of Delta, including a potential return to lung involvement—a development scientists have anticipated for months.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 14 Apr. 2023
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Helen Branswell, STAT, 23 Nov. 2023
China’s economy last year likely grew at the slowest pace in more than two decades, as frequent lockdowns to curb the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus stifled domestic consumption and a real estate downturn showed little sign of reversing.
—Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
But by late 2022, China’s anti-Covid strategy was being strained by public fatigue and the highly transmissible omicron variant, and the government announced its end.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 29 June 2023
Such mutations could result in a variant with the highly transmissible nature of Omicron and the more severe symptom set of Delta, including a potential return to lung involvement—a development scientists have anticipated for months.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 14 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transmissible
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Raw milk and some types of raw cheese can be a source of many kinds of germs, and lab tests show that bird flu virus in raw milk can be infectious.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Milk with high concentrations of the virus can easily spread within the milking parlor; through rodents and other animals; or via humans carrying infectious material on their clothing or farm equipment.Juliana Kim, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
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On July 30, Ray updated her fans again, revealing her diagnosis of infective endocarditis, a severe heart infection.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 31 July 2024
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Hospitalizations for strokes related to opioid use and infective endocarditis, a life-threatening infection of the heart’s lining and valves, increased in people under 45 from 2006 through 2015, coinciding with the opioid epidemic’s onset, the authors added.Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 23 May 2024
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Hanage foresees wastewater analysis being used to track other communicable viruses, like mpox.Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2024
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This misconception tends to be due to the rise in influenza and other communicable respiratory infections in the colder months.Patty Weasler, RN, Verywell Health, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Transmissible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmissible. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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