contagion

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07:55 Feb 14, 2021

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English term or phrase: contagion

Definition from Lexico:
(n.) The communication of disease from one person or organism to another by close contact.

Example sentence(s):

Coronavirus in Spain: From tourism hotspot to contagion hotbed DW
The literature of contagion is vile. A plague is like a lobotomy. It cuts away the higher realms, the loftiest capacities of humanity, and leaves only the animal. “Farewell to the giant powers of man,” Mary Shelley wrote in “The Last Man,” in 1826, after a disease has ravaged the world. The New Yorker
We’ve long known that panic spreads, but experts more recently have come to understand emotional contagion, the mechanism by which people’s emotions (positive or negative) “go viral” within groups, influencing our thoughts and actions. Learning about that mechanism is key to dampening negative emotional contagion and making us feel a bit less frantic. Harvard Business Review

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接触传播

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接触传播

Definition from Baidu:
接触传播，指病原体通过媒介物直接或间接接触，直接接触传播指病原体从传染源直接传播至易感者合适的侵入门户，间接接触传播指间接接触了被污染的物品所造成的传播。

Example sentence(s):

很多人会望文生义地认为，既然叫接触传播，那应该就是接触了就会被传染。事实上并非如此，病原体传播者不是浑身带毒、触之必中的星宿老怪丁春秋，不是说接触了就会中标。 - Shanghai Government
其中，传播途径更新为“经呼吸道飞沫传播是主要的传播途径，亦可通过接触传播。” - eastmoney

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