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AIRBORNE INFECTION [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
DEF

Transported or carried by the air: commonly used in reference to an infectious agent by particles, dust, or droplet nuclei suspended in the air.

CONT

Airborne infectious disease has made a strong comeback in the last two decades, and nosocomial infection is an overwhelming threat for healthcare facilities.

Key term(s)
  • air-borne

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Transmis par dispersion de microparticules dans l'air.

CONT

Il est important de rappeler que la tuberculose se transmet [...] essentiellement par voie aérogène, par suite de la dispersion dans l'air de microparticules de 2 à 10 µ produites par le patient tuberculeux contagieux (c'est-à-dire atteint d'une tuberculose pulmonaire, bronchique ou laryngée) à l'occasion de la toux, de la parole, du rire et de l'éternuement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
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Record 2 2011-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
OBS

The term "airborne infection isolation room" replaces the term "negative pressure room. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

chambre d'isolement des infections aéroportées : terme retenu par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
  • Biological Sciences
  • CBRNE Weapons
DEF

The study of airborne micro-organisms or spores and their distribution, esp. as agents of infection.

CONT

Aerobiology [means] the study of clouds as the home-made rafts of bacteria, algae and other microbes voyaging across the world.

OBS

It includes microorganisms and some insects, seeds, and spores. Dispersion is by the wind, aided in some species by special adaptations and in some by flight. Small organisms are lifted and maintained in the air by eddy diffusion and rising thermal currents, sometimes reaching heights exceeding 16 km (10 miles) in air currents and by lateral mixing. They may be collected by adhesive-coated slides exposed horizontally, or by culture media, but for quantitative work, volumetric sampling at the surface or by aircraft is required.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Armes CBRNE
DEF

Science traitant des petits organismes, végétaux ou animaux, en suspension dans l'atmosphère, de leur comportement [dans l'air] et de leurs effets sur d'autres organismes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Meteorología
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Armas QBRNE
DEF

Ciencia que estudia los microorganismos, tanto vegetales como animales, en suspensión en el aire e investiga su comportamiento en el mismo y sus efectos sobre otros organismos.

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