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droplet spread |
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droplet spread, n transmission of an infection through the projection of oral and nasal secretions by coughing, sneezing, or talking. droplet spread Epidemiology The direct dissemination of a pathogen from a reservoir to a susceptible host's conjunctiva, nose or mouth–by spray with relatively large, short-ranged–±1 meter–aerosols produced by
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| What businesses can do to protect themselves is pay attention to "environmental cleaning" to cover the droplet spread and keep respectable social distances, says Burton. Direct contact transmission with the index patient and droplet spread by cough may have occurred among patients living in block E. 10) Transmission is considered to be via droplet spread. |
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