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• s  (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

• The fact that the new virus did not seem readily transmittable from person to person was a consolation, but flu experts know that influenza viruses are utterly unpredictable.
• If the bird-flu virus manages to become easily transmittable between humans, the world could be in for a health catastrophe approaching the "Spanish flu" pandemic of 1918, which .
• The big concern has long been that avian flu could mutate to become easily transmittable between humans, launching a global pandemic.

• catching
• communicable
• contagious
• contractable
• transmissible

News & Articles

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• New technology optimizes ear infection diagnosis, management
  A new, smartphone-enabled otoscope provides clear, transmittable images of the ear drum, or tympanic membrane, which someday may allow for ear infection diagnosis without a visit to the doctor's office.
  Oct. 28, 2013 - Science Daily
• New technology optimizes ear infection diagnosis and management
  ( American Academy of Pediatrics ) A new, smartphone-enabled otoscope provides clear, transmittable images of the ear drum, or tympanic membrane, which someday may allow for ear infection diagnosis without a visit to the doctor's office, according to an abstract presented Monday, Oct. 28, at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition in Orlando.
  Oct. 28, 2013 - EurekAlert!

Quotes

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• Mike Leavitt in New York Times
  We find ourselves in a vulnerable position were this virus to move to a person-to-person transmittable virus,Mr. Leavitt said.
• Ujjal Dosanjh in Canoe.ca
  It would be next to impossible to prevent this from spreading if it does mutate -- if it does become transmittable from human to human,Dosanjh told CTV Question Period when asked about whether Canada could keep the flu outside its borders.
• Bevan in Hornsey and Crouch End Journal
  Judge Bevan said: "You had a transmittable disease and you knew it and didn't wear a condom."