community transmission
noun[U]
uk/kəˌmjuː.nə.ti trænzˈmɪʃ.ən/us/kəˌmjuː.nə.t̬i trænˈsmɪʃ.ən/(alsocommunity spread)theprocessof aninfectiousillnessspreadingthrough alargegroupofpeoplein ageneralway, so that thesourceof theinfectionin aparticularcaseis notknown:
（传染病）社区传播Of 20confirmedcasesin thecounty, 14 were travel-related, three were fromcontactwith aconfirmedcase, and three were fromcommunitytransmission.在县里的20个确诊病例中，14例与旅行相关，3例因与1名确诊患者接触而感染，另有3例属社区传播。
Publichealthmeasureswere put inplacetoslowthecommunityspreadofCovid-19.采取了公共卫生方面的措施，以延缓Covid-19的传播。
- Evidencesuggestscommunitytransmissionofpandemicinfluenzawas wellestablishedin thestateat thattime.
- Ithinkit'sinevitablethat we willseecommunitytransmission. At thisstageall we can do iscontainthediseaseaslongaspossible.
- Virologicalsurveillancedocumentedsustainedcommunitytransmissionfrom thelatterhalfofJune2009.
- She said, "Theoutbreakisseriousbut wehopefor it toremaincontainedinhospitals, so we don't havecommunityspread."
- Hewroteapaperoncommunityspreadof Legionella pneumophila (Legionnaire'sdisease).
Passing on illness & causing disease
- aerosolize
- catching
- contact tracer
- contact tracing
- disseminator
- epidemic
- fomite
- harbour
- infected
- insalubrious
- noncontagious
- pass on
- percent positive
- pestilential
- positivity rate
- transmit
- transmittable
- unhygienic
- verminous
- virally