Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
KieliKäännökset
espanjafómite
japani媒介物 (baikaibutsu)
ranskavecteur passif
saksaFomite
suomifomiitti
venäjäпосре́дник (posrédnik), возбуди́тель (vozbudítel), перено́счик (perenóstšik)

Määritelmät

Substantiivit

  1. (medicine, epidemiology) An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses and parasites), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts.

Esimerkit

  • He volunteered and underwent the fomites experiment, sleeping 20 nights in infected bedding, for which experiment he received a donation of $100[...].
  • Alternatively, such fluids may be transferred from soiled hands to fomites, or airborne organisms may impinge or settle onto fomite surfaces. Fomites may also serve as a site for the replication of a pathogen, as in the case of enteric bacteria in household sponges or dishcloths.
  • Fomites play a significant role in the transmission of infectious agents. The list of fomites is seemingly endless and includes objects in common use,[...]Toys are fomites and contribute to illness in children wherever the toys are shared.
  • 1930, United States Congress Congressional Edition, page 9, He volunteered and underwent the fomites experiment, sleeping 20 nights in infected bedding, for which experiment he received a donation of $100 […].
  • 2009, Raina M. Maier, Ian L. Pepper, Charles P. Gerba, Environmental Microbiology, page 559, Alternatively, such fluids may be transferred from soiled hands to fomites, or airborne organisms may impinge or settle onto fomite surfaces. Fomites may also serve as a site for the replication of a pathogen, as in the case of enteric bacteria in household sponges or dishcloths.
  • 2009, Robert I. Krasner, The Microbial Challenge: Science, Disease and Public Health, page 166, Fomites play a significant role in the transmission of infectious agents. The list of fomites is seemingly endless and includes objects in common use, […] Toys are fomites and contribute to illness in children wherever the toys are shared.

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Monikkofomites