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ID TRANS:0000011
Name vehicle-borne fomite transmission
Definition Vehicle-borne fomite transmission is an indirect vehicle-borne transmission process during which the pathogen is indirectly transferred from a reservoir, source or host to another host by inanimate objects including: medical instruments, cloth, fur, metal or plastic utensils.
https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson1/section10.html
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