Direct Transmission

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a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred directly into the body via touching or biting or kissing or sexual intercourse or by droplets entering the eye or nose or mouth

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Direct Transmissions
possessive: Direct Transmission's
pluralpossessive: Direct Transmissions'

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