transmissibility

Noun

Meaning

The quality of being transmissible.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

conductivity portability permeability contagious transferable transparency contagiousness communicability transmittance transferability infectiousness assignability transmissivity contagiosity

Examples

Exactly what level of immunity will protect the herd depends on the transmissibility of the disease, which is often described through a metric known as the basic reproductive number, R0. Source: Internet

MetaPathogen.com. The relationship between virulence versus transmissibility is complex; if a disease is rapidly fatal, the host may die before the microbe can be passed along to another host. Source: Internet

In other words, despite similar transmissibility, mortality rate in coronavirus seems to be less fatal (currently 2.2%) relative to SARS (11%) and particularly to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome MERS (35%). Source: Internet

This week the state has the highest reproductive number in the country (1.39) – a key indicator of the transmissibility of the coronavirus. Source: Internet

So I think we’re going to learn a lot more about the transmissibility, but it’s no question: fourth, fifth grade and above, kids can transmit just like adults do.” Source: Internet

Speaking at the same briefing, Vallance told the nation that genetic studies, frequency studies, and laboratory studies all came together to suggest this virus has a significant, substantial increase in transmissibility. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

transmisogyny-exempt transmiss transmissable transmissible transmissible disease transmissible illness