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ID	TRANS:0000007
Name	contact transmission
Definition	Contact transmission is a direct transmission process during which the pathogen is transmitted from a reservoir, source or host to another host by kissing, skin-to-skin contact, sexual intercourse, or by contact with soil or vegetation containing the pathogen. https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson1/section10.html
Parent Relationships	is_a direct transmission
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