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INDIRECT CONTACT [15 records]

Record 1 2021-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
  • Human Diseases
  • Epidemiology
CONT

Animal-to-human transmission may occur by bite or scratch, bush meat preparation, direct contact with body fluids or lesion material, or indirect contact with lesion material, such as through contaminated bedding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Maladies humaines
  • Épidémiologie
CONT

C. [Capnocytophaga] canimorsus, dont la transmission de l'animal à l'humain est possible, peut être responsable d'états septiques et d'autres infections graves (endocardites, ostéomyélites, péritonites) chez les patients immunodéprimés ainsi que, rarement, chez les patients immunocompétents.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
  • Enfermedades humanas
  • Epidemiología
Key term(s)
  • trasmisión animal-humano
  • trasmisión animal-hombre
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Record 2 2021-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
  • Human Diseases
DEF

A mechanism by which an infectious disease is transmitted from one person to another.

OBS

Examples of modes of transmission include direct contact transmission, indirect contact transmission, droplet transmission and airborne transmission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Mécanisme par lequel une maladie infectieuse se transmet d'une personne à une autre.

OBS

La transmission par contact direct, la transmission par contact indirect, la transmission par gouttelettes et la transmission par voie aérienne sont des exemples de modes de transmission.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Epidemiología
  • Enfermedades humanas
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Record 3 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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Record 4 2021-05-10

English

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

Contact transmission includes direct contact transmission and indirect contact transmission.

French

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

La transmission par contact comprend la transmission par contact direct et la transmission par contact indirect.

Spanish

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

La transmisión por contacto incluye la transmisión por contacto directo y la transmisión por contacto indirecto.

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Record 5 2017-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection and Safety (Electrical Engineering)
DEF

The protection against electric shock under single fault conditions.

CONT

Fault protection provided protection against persons or livestock coming into contact with exposed-conductive parts which have become live under single fault conditions. Protection under single fault conditions is achieved by fault protection and was previously referred to as protection against indirect contact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection et prévention (Électrotechnique)
CONT

La protection contre les contacts indirects est aussi appelée protection en cas de défaut. Elle est assurée par l'application de l'une ou plusieurs des mesures de protection suivantes : coupure automatique de l'alimentation; emploi de matériels de classe II ou mise en œuvre d'une isolation équivalente lors de l'installation; séparation électrique; emploi de la très basse tension; éloignement ou interposition d'obstacles; réalisation de liaisons équipotentielles non reliées à la terre.

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Biotechnology
DEF

The transmission of a disease by direct contact with a person who has the disease or by indirect contact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Épidémiologie
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Transmission d'une maladie, par contact direct ou indirect, d'une personne malade à une personne saine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
  • Epidemiología
  • Biotecnología
OBS

Utilizar contagio únicamente para aquellas infecciones que se pueden adquirir por contacto o por proximidad con la persona infectada (gripe, tuberculosis, etc.) y transmisión para aquellas enfermedades que se transmiten por vías específicas (VIH, hepatitis C, sífilis, gonorrea, etc.).

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Record 7 2010-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Epidemiology
DEF

Transmission of infection to a susceptible host by means of formites or a vector or through the air in dust or droplet nuclei.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Épidémiologie
CONT

Lorsque le contact n'a pas lieu directement entre deux humains qui se touchent, mais par l'intermédiaire d'un «véhicule» (par exemple un dispositif médical ou un aliment), on parle de contact indirect.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
  • Epidemiología
OBS

Término proveniente del Código Zoosanitario Internacional, 2002.

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Record 8 2008-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Epidemiology
DEF

[Said of] a disease that may be transmitted by direct or indirect contact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Épidémiologie
DEF

Se dit d'une maladie transmissible par contagion [directe ou indirecte].

Key term(s)
  • contagieuse

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Epidemiología
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Record 9 2004-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Effects of Pollution
DEF

A condition caused by an action or inaction through intermediary causal agents. An effect for which the causal linkages to the action or inaction are not readily apparent. Contrasts with direct effect. This is not a measure of importance, but merely a classification by causal linkages. Direct effects are usually easier to detect and measure with certainty, but they may be either more or less important than indirect effects.

CONT

The principal ways in which pollutants affect plants are(i) through contact with or absorption by the shoot system and(ii) through modification of the soil environment. The latter are commonly known as indirect effects.

CONT

First attempt to predict project-induced changes in physical and chemical components and their direct impacts on organisms. Then focus attention on indirect effects operating through changes in habitat or food.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Effets de la pollution
DEF

Effet qualifiable et, en général, mesurable d'un impact direct sur un élément de l'environnement. Ex. : La création d'un réservoir (source d'impact) entraîne l'inondation d'un espace X (impact direct) et la modification du biotope d'une population X (répercussion), ce qui a pour seconde répercussion la modification du biotope d'une population Y qui, elle, dépend de la population X.

OBS

"impact" : Effet qualifiable et, en général, mesurable d'un projet sur l'environnement. Les impacts peuvent être de deux ordres, des impacts directs et des impacts indirects; ces derniers sont appelés répercussions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Efectos de la polución
DEF

Efecto subsiguiente provocado por otro.

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Record 10 2002-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A building or group of buildings where animals are maintained in complete isolation, without direct or indirect contact with other animals, for purposes of observation. Animals may be kept in quarantine for varying periods of time to undergo different tests and controls so that the official Veterinary Service can ensure that these are not suffering from or carrying certain diseases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Le terme «station de quarantaine» sert plutôt à désigner les grands établissements, le terme «poste de quarantaine», les installations plus modestes.

OBS

fait partie du Programme des échanges intérieurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina veterinaria
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Edificio o conjunto de edificios donde se mantienen los animales en completo aislamiento, sin contacto directo o indirecto con otros animales, para someterlos a observación de mayor o menor duración y hacerles pasar las distintas pruebas de control para que el Servicio Veterinario oficial pueda cerciorarse de que no están afectados por algunas enfermedades.

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Record 11 2001-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

A device that is placed around the penis to prevent urine leakage.

OBS

Male urinary incontinence clamp provides two point urethral contact that results in indirect pressure so that less total penile pressure is needed to achieve urethral occlusion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux

Spanish

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Record 12 1997-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
  • Heritage
DEF

Activities, services and facilities that bring the public into direct or indirect contact with national historic sites, national parks and historic canals, and with the resources associated with them.

OBS

Term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
  • Patrimoine
DEF

Activités, installations et services destinés à faire connaître au public, directement ou indirectement, les lieux historiques nationaux, les parcs nationaux et les canaux historiques, ainsi que les ressources qui leur sont associées.

OBS

Terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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Record 13 1996-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

Blood/body fluid precautions are designed to prevent infections that are transmitted by direct or indirect contact with infective blood or body fluids.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 14 1990-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Police
DEF

personal contact between case officer and agent; opposed to indirect contact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Police

Spanish

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Record 15 1985-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
CONT

The principal ways in which pollutants affect plants are(i) through contact with or absorption by the shoot system and(ii) through modification of the soil environment. The latter are commonly known as indirect effects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique

Spanish

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