human-to-human transmission

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transmission
noun
uk
/trænzˈmɪʃ.ən/us
/trænˈsmɪʃ.ən/
the process of broadcasting or sending out something by radio or television, on the internet, etc., or something that is broadcast or sent ...
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(Definition oftransmissionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The risk ofhuman-to-humantransmissionis thought to be insignificant.
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On the other hand, in the case of an attack with infectious agents such as smallpox, serialhuman-to-humantransmissionis likely to occur.
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What procedures are followed if a pathogen is found that is capable ofhuman-to-humantransmission?
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There have been no known cases ofhuman-to-humantransmissionduring the current outbreak.
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We can hope to contain avian flu before it reaches ahuman-to-humantransmissionstage.
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What procedures are followed if a pathogen is found that is not capable ofhuman-to-humantransmission?
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Human-to-humantransmissiondoes not occur, and the disease is only acquired from the environment.
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Pinworm infection spreads throughhuman-to-humantransmission, by ingesting (i.e., swallowing) infectious pinworm eggs.
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The "electromagnetic telegraph" is a device forhuman-to-humantransmissionof coded text messages.
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However, a few cases in which this virus underwenthuman-to-humantransmissionare known.
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Directhuman-to-humantransmissioninitially was believed to be caused only by occupational exposure, or conjunctive exposure to infected blood.
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Nohuman-to-humantransmissionwas found.
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Avian flu can not yet be categorized as a pandemic, because the virus can not yet cause sustained and efficienthuman-to-humantransmission.
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Later outbreaks have caused respiratory illness in humans, increasing the likelihood ofhuman-to-humantransmissionand indicating the existence of more dangerous strains of the virus.
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The alert was in response to suspectedhuman-to-humantransmissionwithin a family, and was planned to last for two weeks.
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Phase 4 is characterized by verifiedhuman-to-humantransmissionof an animal or human-animal influenza reassortant virus able to cause community-level outbreaks.
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