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SOURCE INFECTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
  • Human Diseases
DEF

The person, animal, object, or substance from which an infectious agent passes to a host.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Agent qui transmet une maladie infectieuse directement à un hôte.

CONT

On cherche à expliquer comment le VIH est transmis et surtout à mettre en œuvre une réflexion logique pour identifier le patient «zéro» (source d'infection).

Spanish

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

Agente o lugar donde se encuentran microorganismos capaces de infectar al hombre.

CONT

El agua y los alimentos contaminados con heces que son fuentes de infección para las enfermedades gastrointestinales; algunas secreciones humanas que son fuentes de infección para el VIH.

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