reinfestation
noun[CorU]
(alsore-infestation)uk/ˌriː.ɪn.fesˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌriː.ɪn.fesˈteɪ.ʃən/thereturnof alargenumberofanimalsorinsects, usuallyonesthatcausedamageordisease, to aplacewhere they were before:
Thiscreamprotectsagainst reinfestation for up to threemonths.
Thevetadvisedus tokeepcheckingtheearsforsignsof re-infestation.
It isimpossibletoguaranteethat there will be no reinfestations.
- Removing the nitsliceeggsbyhandhelpstopreventreinfestation.
- Thefamilydon'tknowwhere theinsectscame from and areconcernedabout re-infestation.
Passing on illness & causing disease
- aerosolize
- catching
- community transmission
- contact tracer
- contact tracing
- disseminator
- epidemic
- harbour
- infected
- insalubrious
- noncarrier
- noncontagious
- pass on
- percent positive
- pestilential
- transmit
- transmittable
- unhygienic
- verminous
- virally