Assertion: pathogen | /r/HasProperty | transmissible
Facets:
value: for periods
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: To survive, the pathogen must be transmissible for a period that extends into the time of the next sexual partnership.
text: To prosper, the pathogen must be transmissible for periods that span more than one change in sex partners; therefore, sexually transmitted pathogens may often need cell and tissue tropisms that keep them from being eliminated by the immune system for relatively long periods.