Definition that contains infectious agent
- risk the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
- risk the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
- source anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
- vehicle any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
- virus (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
- reservoir anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
- assay a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
- risk of exposure the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
- airborne transmission a transmission mechanism in the which the infectious agent is spread as an aerosol and usually enters a person through the respiratory tract
- vehicle-borne transmission indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vehicle (or fomite) touches a person's body or is ingested