indirect transmission

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indirect transmission - a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred to the person by a fomite of vector

transmission mechanism - any mechanism whereby an infectious agent is spread from a reservoir to a human being

vector-borne transmission - indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vector bites or touches a person

vehicle-borne transmission - indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vehicle (or fomite) touches a person's body or is ingested

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communicable technical surveillance countermeasures transmission mechanism vector-borne transmission vehicle-borne transmission			ISLAMABAD, June 15, 2009 (Balochistan Times) --New data has allowed a team of University of Georgia researchers to create the first model that takes into account both direct and indirect transmission of the viruses among birds. Bird flu can survive 150 days in water by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan) Indirect transmission and environmental persistence of infectious prions will complicate efforts to control CWD and perhaps other animal prion diseases. Environmental sources of prion transmission in mule deer by Wolfe, Lisa L. / Emerging Infectious Diseases Further, spread of the disease was no doubt enhanced through indirect transmission that may have included handling food items with contaminated hands and/or muscid flies acting as mechanical vectors. Groundwater as a vehicle for disease transmission in Southeastern ... by Dawson, S. Dee / Journal of Environmental Health			Indira Gandhi Indira Nehru Gandhi indirect indirect air support indirect antonym Indirect claims indirect correlation indirect costs indirect damage assessment Indirect demonstration indirect discourse indirect evidence indirect expression indirect fire indirect illumination indirect immunofluorescence indirect labour indirect laying indirect lighting indirect object indirect proof indirect question indirect request indirect speech indirect tax indirect transmission Indirect vision Indirected indirection indirectly indirectness Indiretin Indirubin indiscernible Indiscerpibility Indiscerpible Indisciplinable indiscipline Indiscoverable Indiscovery indiscreet indiscreetly indiscreetness indiscrete indiscretion indiscriminate indiscriminately indiscriminating indiscrimination Indiscriminative Indiscussed			indirect social distance indirect solar water heating system Indirect Source Model for Air Pollution Indirect Source Review Indirect Sourcing indirect speech indirect speech Indirect Speech Act indirect stratification indirect stroke indirect suggestion indirect suggestion Indirect Suicide indirect system indirect tax indirect tax indirect tax Indirect taxation Indirect taxation Indirect taxation Indirect taxes Indirect taxes Indirect taxes Indirect Tensile Stiffness Modulus Indirect Tensile Strength Indirect terms Indirect Test of Fluorescent Antibodies indirect transfusion indirect transfusion indirect transfusion indirect transmission Indirect Transmission Control Protocol indirect transmission of infection indirect transmission of infection indirect transmission of infection Indirect Use Value Indirect Vacuum Injection Method Indirect Vector Control Indirect View Display indirect vision indirect vision indirect vision indirect vision indirect vision indirect waste pipe Indirect water heater indirect wave Indirect word Indirect word Indirect word indirect, relationship treatment indirect, relationship treatment indirect, relationship treatment indirect, relationship treatment indirect-arc furnace indirect-band-gap semiconductor Indirect-Data-Address Words indirect-drive approach Indirect-fire Indirect-fire Indirect/Inertial Subsystem

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