Cloud Baby

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cloud baby

Etymology: AS, clud + babe

a newborn who appears well and healthy but is a carrier of infectious bacterial or viral organisms. The infant may contaminate the surrounding environment as airborne droplets from the respiratory tract form clouds of the organisms. A cloud baby may be the source of a nursery epidemic, especially one caused by a staphylococcal organism.

Cloud Baby

A popular term for an infant with an infection that spreads by aerosol, who releases ‘clouds’ of viral or bacteria-rich material into the ambient air and is a vector for mini-epidemics of upper respiratory tract infections

cloud baby

A popular term for an infant with an infection that spreads by aerosol, who releases 'clouds' of viral or bacteria-rich material into the ambient air, and is a vector for miniepidemics of URIs

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