horizontal transmission

collocation in English

meaningsofhorizontalandtransmission

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horizontal
adjective
uk
/ˌhɒr.ɪˈzɒn.təl/us
/ˌhɔːr.ɪˈzɑːn.t̬əl/
parallel to the ground or to the bottom or top edge ...
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transmission
noun
uk
/trænzˈmɪʃ.ən/us
/trænˈsmɪʃ.ən/
the process of broadcasting or sending out something by radio or television, on the internet, etc., or something that is broadcast or sent ...
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(Definition ofhorizontalandtransmissionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhorizontal transmission

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The overallhorizontaltransmissioncoefficient is the only parameter which sampling range depends on the values of the other parameters.
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Horizontaltransmissionamong children may explain the seropositivity of girls and boys, but we were unable to study this route.
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The intake of portable material in the broiler house was identified as the most important risk factor forhorizontaltransmission.
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The mechanism by whichhorizontaltransmissionin childhood is effected remains a phenomenon.
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It does not incorporatehorizontaltransmissionwithin families, or infection of persons travelling to highly endemic areas.
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Nevertheless, we would expect thathorizontaltransmissionitself is variable, as the amount, quality, and diversity of spores will be different between hosts.
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In currently ongoing research we are investigating the importance ofhorizontaltransmissionamong young children for the effectiveness of vaccination programmes.
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One uninoculated sentinel rabbit per trial was housed in the same room as the virus-inoculated rabbits to test forhorizontaltransmissionof the virus.
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A spontaneous infection is not generally effective unless there is also a mechanism (via feed orhorizontaltransmission) for amplifying the infection.
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Horizontaltransmissionis between related or unrelated individuals of the same generation.
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Such a long relationship is expected to increase the probability of developing host specificity and thus decrease the chances ofhorizontaltransmission.
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A correlation between density and seroprevalence would implicate some density-dependent mechanism ofhorizontaltransmission.
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Five cases could be classified ashorizontaltransmission, of whom four were younger than 15 years of age.
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The quantitative analysis showed thathorizontaltransmissionwas highly efficient between heterokaryon compatible strains but greatly restricted between heterokaryon-incompatible strains.
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Without exception, the results showed that nohorizontaltransmissiontook place.
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This observation is consistent with some transmission of the disease from ewe to lamb, either true vertical transmission or enhancedhorizontaltransmissionassociated with close contact.
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