as in infection
sickness that can be passed from one person, plant, or animal to another
Parents are advised to vaccinate their children against contagious diseases.
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Recent Examples of contagious disease
Cases of several contagious diseases fell as the pandemic raged and people stayed home to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
But even as adversaries, the United States and the Soviet Union found ways to cooperate on a number of issues, including space exploration, contagious diseases, the environment, and the global commons.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2019
This number should be zero or close to it if herd immunity existed, which refers to the protection conferred onto a community against a contagious disease when a certain percentage of the population becomes immune.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Babies are at high risk from the highly contagious disease.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
But even as adversaries, the United States and the Soviet Union found ways to cooperate on a number of issues, including space exploration, contagious diseases, the environment, and the global commons.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2019
This number should be zero or close to it if herd immunity existed, which refers to the protection conferred onto a community against a contagious disease when a certain percentage of the population becomes immune.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Babies are at high risk from the highly contagious disease.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for contagious disease
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contagious disease
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Pregnant women can transmit the infection to their unborn babies, potentially leading to lifelong health problems with the brain, kidneys or heart.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
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The scientists found that the microplastics were ingested by immune cells—cells that fight against infections and invaders—which changed the size and shape of these immune cells and caused them to get blocked in small blood vessels.—
Hatty Willmoth,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Touching bedding, feed or water contaminated with bird flu can spread the virus.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
24 Jan. 2025
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At a contentious hearing this summer over the COVID-19 response, Republicans accused him of helping fund Chinese government efforts to create the virus, hiding medical data about the pandemic and making up U.S. guidelines, all of which Fauci said was not true.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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If the situation worsens, companies may have to source oranges from countries even farther abroad, such as Spain, Italy, Turkey, and India, where the disease is less pronounced.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
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The research revealed not only how this system is altered by the disease, but also found distinctive breathing patterns in affected individuals.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
3 Feb. 2025
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Young kids with long COVID more likely to have headaches while teens struggle with fatigue: Study Long COVID most often occurs in people who had severe illness, but anyone can develop the condition, according to the CDC.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Missing doctor appointments, forgetting to take medications, and struggling to navigate the health-care system can make existing illnesses worse.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Contagious disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contagious%20disease. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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