Sentences with phrase «infected fomites»

As Charles Krauthammer has put it, AIDS is the archetypal behavioral epidemic: it is not spread through the water supply or the air, it is not transmitted in contaminated food or infected fomites.

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The common cold virus is typically transmitted via airborne droplets (aerosols), direct contact with infected nasal secretions, or fomites (contaminated objects).

The virus can be spread through fomites, feces or infected soil and once an uninfected dog comes into oral contact with the infection through any of these means, the virus can quickly spread.

This doesn't mean your puppy necessarily has to eat the feces of an infected dog, your puppy can get parvo by simply licking his paws after walking on contaminated soil or the sole of your shoes (fomites).

Direct contact with an infected cat is one mode of transmission; the virus is also spread through contact with fomites (contaminated objects) such as hands, instruments, clothing, food and water dishes, toys and bedding.

The intestinal form is passed with the oral contact via feces, infected soil or other fomites (contagious objects or substances that may carry the virus).

Fomites on food and water bowls, airborne particles, feathers, feces, and other items that have been in contact with a bird with psittacosis can all infect healthy birds.

Transmission of the virus to a dog's environment can also occur from shoes that have contacted infected feces or fomites.

FPV is spread by direct contact with an infected cat or by contact with fomites, objects contaminated with the secretions from a sick cat.

Passive immunization should only be administered to unvaccinated kittens or cats that have had prior contact with known infected animals or fomites.

Germs are spread by contact with an infected animal or by fomites.

More specifically, the virus can be transmitted through the feces of infected dogs, infected bitches and through indirect fomites (surfaces or other objects that contain the virus).

All efforts must be made to prevent this pathogen entering the wild amphibian population (eg, via release of infected animals or the discarding of contaminated water or fomites in amphibian habitats such as garden settings).