Sentences with phrase «by airborne transmission»

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Kenneth Gage, plague section chief of the CDC, notes that historically plague may have been transmitted among humans by the so - called human flea, Pulex irritans, or via airborne transmission.

So work in 2011 by Ron Fouchier at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, showing airborne transmission caused a sensation.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A / H5N1 virus can cause morbidity and mortality in humans but thus far has not acquired the ability to be transmitted by aerosol or respiratory droplet («airborne transmission») between humans.

Cat flu is caused by airborne viruses and has to be treated to avoid secondary infections or transmissions that might take place in the nose, eyes, mouth and lungs.

The basic transmission of the canine distemper virus is spread through secretions of bodily fluids, such as urine, blood feces as well as airborne transmissions, such as coughing and sneezing by infected animals.

The disease is spread by direct contact and via airborne transmission.