contagiousness

Italian translation: contagiosità

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English term or phrase:contagiousness
Italian translation:contagiosità
Entered by: Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.

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12:54 Apr 13, 2020
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COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Medical (general)
English term or phrase: contagiousness
Definition from Government of Canada:
The contagiousness of a pathogen is measured by determining its R0, or basic reproduction number.

Example sentence(s):
  • The contagiousness of COVID-19 is higher than seasonal flu, similar to pandemic flu and the common cold, and much lower than measles and chickenpox. The measured contagiousness of a respiratory virus can decrease over time with infection control efforts. The OCR
  • Epidemiologists try to gauge contagiousness by estimating the number of additional people a person who is infected is likely to infect. The Washington Post
  • Armenia COVID19 patient’s wife continues testing negative, indicating possible low contagiousness. Armenpress
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contagiosità
Definition:
contagiosità s. f.
[der. di contagioso]
L’essere contagioso;
carattere di forte trasmissibilità o diffusibilità di una malattia infettiva.
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5 +5contagiosità
Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
4 -1tasso di contagio
Maria Hansford


  

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contagiosità


Definition from Treccani. Dizionario:
contagiosità s. f.
[der. di contagioso]
L’essere contagioso;
carattere di forte trasmissibilità o diffusibilità di una malattia infettiva.

Example sentence(s):
  • Il tasso di contagiosità dipende dalle caratteristiche biologiche del patogeno. - Ministero della Salute  
  • Avendo il virus dell’influenza stagionale una diffusione ad oggi stimata in 5.632.000 persone (settima settimana 2020, dati Epicentro/ISS), è pensabile che il Covid-19, che pare avere una contagiosità maggiore, abbia incontrato un numero di gran lunga superiore ai 4000 casi ad oggi riscontrati. - Medicina di Segnale  
  • Quello che noi stiamo imparando da questo virus è che la contagiosità è molto superiore a quella che pensavamo e molta viene da persone che non hanno sintomi quindi tutti dobbiamo considerarci malati, tutti potremmo essere infettivi» dice il virologo # - Coronavirus, il virologo  
Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
Austria
Local time: 11:36
Native speaker of: Italian
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Yes  EleoE
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Yes  Andrea Zappella
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Yes  Maria Falvo
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Yes  Inter-Tra
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tasso di contagio


Definition from ELECTRENGINE:
Tasso di riproduttivita' del contagio
https://www.electrengine.com/2020/03/11/coronavirus-tasso-di...

Example sentence(s):
  • Si tratta del “tasso di riproduzione” dell’infezione R0 . Studiare l’andamento di R0 significa capire come sta evolvendo l’epidemia. - Electrengine  
Maria Hansford
Canada
Local time: 06:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian

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No  Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.: tasso di contagio = contagiousness rate ... "Parameter: probability of detecting, progression rate, contagiousness rate" - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexei_Romanyukha/publi...
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