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  2. Pathogen transmission - Wikipedia

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    Indirect contact transmission, also known as vehicle-borne transmission, involves transmission through contamination of inanimate objects. Vehicles that may indirectly transmit an infectious agent include food, water, biologic products such as blood , and fomites such as handkerchiefs, bedding, or surgical scalpels.

  3. Airborne transmission - Wikipedia

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    Airborne transmission or aerosol transmission is transmission of an infectious disease through small particles suspended in the air. [2] Infectious diseases capable of airborne transmission include many of considerable importance both in human and veterinary medicine .

  4. Fomite - Wikipedia

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    During the first 24 hours, the risk can be reduced by increasing ventilation and waiting as long as possible before entering the space (at least several hours, based on documented airborne transmission cases), and using personal protective equipment (including any protection needed for the cleaning and disinfection products) to reduce risk.

  5. Hospital-acquired infection - Wikipedia

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    Microorganisms transmitted by airborne transmission include Legionella, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the rubeola and varicella viruses. Common vehicle transmission This applies to microorganisms transmitted to the host by contaminated fomite items, such as food, water, medications, devices, and equipment. Vector borne transmission

  6. Disease vector - Wikipedia

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    Several articles, recent to early 2014, warn that human activities are spreading vector-borne zoonotic diseases. [ a ] Several articles were published in the medical journal The Lancet , and discuss how rapid changes in land use , trade globalization , climate change and "social upheaval" are causing a resurgence in zoonotic disease across the ...

  7. Glossary of automotive terms - Wikipedia

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    Also gas pedal. A throttle in the form of a foot-operated pedal, or sometimes a hand-operated lever or paddle, by which the flow of fuel to the engine (and thereby the engine speed) is controlled, with depression of the pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate. admission stroke See induction stroke. aftermarket air brake 1. A type of brake in which the force that actuates the brake mechanism is ...

  8. Vertically transmitted infection - Wikipedia

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    A vertically transmitted infection is an infection caused by pathogenic bacteria or viruses that use mother-to-child transmission, that is, transmission directly from the mother to an embryo, fetus, or baby during pregnancy or childbirth. It can occur when the mother has a pre-existing disease or becomes infected during pregnancy. Nutritional ...

  9. Car bomb - Wikipedia

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    A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), [1] is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.