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nounany 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
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Definition that contains fomite
- indirect transmission a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred to the person by a fomite of vector
- vehicle-borne transmission indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vehicle (or fomite) touches a person's body or is ingested