Transmission

How it is used

Described by route: airborne, droplet, contact, foodborne, waterborne, vector-borne or mother-to-child transmission. You reduce, interrupt or break the chain of transmission. 'Community transmission' means new cases cannot be linked to a known source.

Example sentences

1. Hand washing is one of the simplest ways to reduce transmission.

2. There is now evidence of community transmission in three provinces.

Common collocations

• community transmission
• airborne transmission
• chain of transmission
• mother-to-child transmission
• reduce transmission

Related terms

• basic reproduction numberThe average number of people one infected person would pass the infection to in a population where nobody is immune. It is written R0 and read 'R nought' or 'R zero'.
• contact tracingFinding and contacting people who have been near an infected person, so they can be informed, tested, watched for symptoms or asked to stay at home.
• vectorA living creature, such as a mosquito, tick or sandfly, that carries an infection from one person or animal to another.
• incubation periodThe time between being infected with a disease and the first appearance of symptoms.
• communicable diseaseAn illness caused by a microorganism, such as a virus, bacterium or parasite, that can pass from one person or animal to another.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• transmission · Automotive

More terms: Outbreaks and Transmission

• outbreak
• epidemic
• pandemic
• quarantine
• isolation
• endemic
• attack rate
• index case
• cluster
• asymptomatic
• zoonosis