fomite
noun[C]
medicalspecializeduk/ˈfəʊ.maɪt/us/ˈfoʊ.maɪt/aphysicalobjectthat is not ananimalorplantthat canspreadadiseaseto alivingcreature:
（本身非动植物，但可将疾病传播给生物的）病媒，污染物While atiehelpsto make adoctorlookprofessional, thesurveyconcludedthat it is a "fomite" - aninanimateobjectcapableofspreadinginfection.虽然领带让医生看上去更专业，但是这项调查的结论是领带是一种“病媒“，即能够传播感染的无生命物体。
Themodeoftransmissionof thediseaseis fromfingeror fomite toeye.这种疾病的传播方式是从手指或污染物到眼睛。
- It is notknownwhethertransmissionoccurredbydirecttransferofbodyfluidsfrom onepersonto the other (egdropletspread), or whether acontaminatedfomite (eg ashareddrinkingcontainer) wasresponsible.
- Respiratorytransmissionmayoccurthroughexposuretovomitor fomite (acontaminatedobject).
- Manycommonobjectsare fomites, which cansustainapathogenuntil apersoncomes incontactwith it.
- Because of thepotentialfor fomitetransmission, somespecialistsrecommendthatpeoplewho areseverelyimmuno-compromised should notsharearoomwith apatientwith cryptosporidiosis.
Passing on illness & causing disease
- aerosolize
- catching
- community transmission
- contact tracer
- contact tracing
- disseminator
- epidemic
- harbour
- infected
- insalubrious
- noncontagious
- pass on
- percent positive
- pestilential
- positivity rate
- transmit
- transmittable
- unhygienic
- verminous
- virally