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TRANSMISSION INDIRECT CONTACT [1 record]

Record 1 2021-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Human Diseases
  • Epidemiology
OBS

Indirect contact transmission involves contact between a fomite and the person that becomes infected.

OBS

This kind of transmission also occurs when a healthy person touches an infected person, does not wash their hands well, and then touches another person and infects them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies humaines
  • Épidémiologie
OBS

La transmission par contact indirect met en cause le contact entre une matière contaminée et la personne qui se fait infecter.

OBS

Ce type de transmission peut également survenir lorsqu'une personne saine touche une personne infectée, ne se lave pas bien les mains, puis touche une autre personne et l'infecte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Enfermedades humanas
  • Epidemiología
OBS

La transmisión por contacto indirecto ocurre cuando un objeto contaminado por un agente infeccioso entra en contacto con una persona y la infecta.

OBS

La transmisión por contacto indirecto también puede ocurrir cuando una persona sana toca a una persona infectada, no se lava bien las manos y luego toca a otra persona y la infecta.

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