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How to use the word human-to-human in a Sentence?

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Being able to investigate the virus in January would’ve helped the United States and the world develop a science and data-driven response, instead we were flying blind, with human-to-human transmission of the virus not officially confirmed until Jan. 20.

Alex Azar

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

People stay in their cars, there is no (human-to-human) contact, the animals are docile and used to people.

Jozsef Richter

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

However, because at the time there were as yet no cases of the disease in Taiwan, we could not state directly and conclusively that there had been human-to-human transmission.

Chinese CDC

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

There is no evidence that naturally infected cats can shed virus in sufficient quantity either to infect other cats or people, these occasional instances of human to animal transmission of Covid-19 do not in any way detract from the fact that all current evidence shows that the pandemic is driven by human to human transmission.

Ken Smith

Found on CNN
4 years ago

These occasional instances of human to animal transmission of Covid-19 do not in any way detract from the fact that all current evidence shows that the pandemic is driven by human to human transmission.

Ken Smith

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are in agreement with Chinese authorities who have been clear and transparent that there is evidence of human-to-human transmission, the primary issue is to limit (that) human-to-human transmission.

Mike Ryan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The outbreak of a SARS-like coronavirus in Wuhan is developing into a major potential economic risk to the Asia-Pacific region now that there is medical evidence of human-to-human transmission.

Rajiv Biswas

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

However, the detection of three cases outside China is worrying. We calculate, based on flight and population data, that there is only a 1 in 574 chance that a person infected in Wuhan would travel overseas before they sought medical care. This implies there might have been over 1,700 cases in Wuhan so far, there are many unknowns, meaning the uncertainty range around this estimate goes from 190 cases to over 4,000. But the magnitude of these numbers suggests that substantial human-to-human transmission can not be ruled out. Heightened surveillance, prompt information sharing and enhanced preparedness are recommended.

Neil Ferguson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Wuhan is a major hub and with travel being a huge part of the fast-approaching Chinese New Year, the concern level must remain high, it is probable that we are looking at patients being affected over a number of days from multiple animal sources and with some degree of human-to-human transmission.

Jeremy Farrar

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The question is: How long are we going to wait around and just follow these outbreaks before we get serious about making vaccines? there is no sign of MERS going away. It's been around since 2012. And there is really clear evidence now of human-to-human transmission.

Adrian Hill

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Coming into close contact with the nasal secretions of camels is a major risk factor, the main transmission is actually human to human.

Tariq Madani

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The main transmission is actually human to human.

Tariq Madani

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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