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ID TRANS:0000008
Name droplet spread transmission
Definition Droplet spread transmission is a direct transmission process during which the pathogen is transmitted from a reservoir, source or host to another host by spray of aerosols over a short distance, spray from sneezing, coughing or talking.
https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson1/section10.html
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