viral transmission
Pathogen person-to-person transfer
Viral transmission is the spread of a virus from one host to another.
The term appears in medical and epidemiological contexts: Masks can reduce viral transmission.
Routes include respiratory droplets, direct contact, contaminated surfaces, and bodily fluids.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the phrase became part of everyday vocabulary.
- superspreaderUnusually contagious infected person
- community spreadDisease circulating locally, source unknown
- airborneTraveling through air
- respiratory dropletsMicroscopic exhaled liquid particles
- zoonoticDisease from animals
droplet · viral replication · pathogen · virus · bloodborne · fecal-oral · asymptomatic carriers · vector-borne · viral load · contact · viral genome · vaccination · contact tracing · social distancing · mask wearing · susceptibility · infection · hand hygiene
- travel ailmentsjet lag, motion sickness, airsickness, seasickness, carsickness
- OncovirusesHPV, HCV, oncovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, papillomavirus
viral transmissiongenetic inheritance
Transmission of biological traits
hereditary disease · genetic predisposition · congenital condition · congenital defect · inherited disorder
viral transmissioncontainment
Preventing hostile expansion
disease eradication · quarantine · isolation · infection control · herd immunity