contagiousness

A key missing piece is information about H1N1's contagiousness, which is measured in what's called a basic reproduction number - the average number of new infections produced by a single infected person, assuming no one is immune to the virus.

The Seattle Times 2009

We like to use words like contagiousness and infectiousness just to apply to the medical realm.

Interview with Malcolm Gladwell 2010

Is the “super” part of “super-flu” its contagiousness or its debilitating effects?

Is Swine Flu source leaked military weapon? 2009

In the middle ages sufferers of leprosy in some parts of the world were made to wear bells and use separate currency due to the assumed contagiousness of the disease, and as recently as 1985 it was still considered a significant health issue in 122 countries.

Egypt's last leper colony broaches time of integration Egypt Jack Shenker in Abu Zaabal 2010

Half-an-hour later they were launching the canoe and loading up, while the storekeeper made jocular remarks about poor, weak mortals and the contagiousness of "stampedin 'fever."

TOO MUCH GOLD 2010

But "the effect of contagiousness stops significantly after three degrees of separation," he says.

Like happiness, loneliness is contagious 2009

Half-an-hour later they were launching the canoe and loading up, while the storekeeper made jocular remarks about poor, weak mortals and the contagiousness of "stampedin 'fever."

Too Much Gold 2010

In various studies, they've traced the contagiousness of obesity, depression, loneliness and smoking to social networks.

Seven Ways Your Friends Make You Sicker 2010

But regardless of the severity or contagiousness of a new virus, it will never again have those "wonderful" conditions of 1918-19 in which to spread and kill.

No More Crying 'Spanish Flu' 2010

Straight into the bin this morning seeing as they're "toxic", i.e., hand decorated by typhoid Ramekin yesterday, probably in the prime of his contagiousness.

So . . . ewe are here 2008