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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 2004-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
DEF

Engendré ou transmis par l'air.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
DEF

[Dícese del] microorganismo que se transmite por medio del aire.

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