Agent of disease transmission (9)

I believe the answer is:

contagion

(Other definitions for contagion that I've seen before include "cause of widespread ill-feeling" , "Infection" , "Communication of disease by close contact" , "Cognation (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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