disease spreading
Pathogen moving through
Disease spreading is the transmission or propagation of illness from one host to another, or across a population.
The phrase often appears in public health contexts: Masks help prevent disease spreading, Poor sanitation contributes to disease spreading.
It can describe the action itself or function as a modifier: disease-spreading mosquitoes, disease-spreading behavior.
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- going viralSpreading rapidly online
infection · transmission · close contact · virus · plague · quarantine · social distancing · contamination · fever · carrier · pathogen · airborne · droplets · coughing · sneezing · wash your hands · isolation · patient zero
- pest behaviorbiting, chewing, gnawing, burrowing, infesting
- health crimeshealth violations, health code violations, poisoning, counterfeit drugs, water contamination