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droplet spread

Spanish translation: Transmisión por gotitas

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12:54 Apr 23, 2020
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COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-), Medical: Health Care, Science (general), Journalism
English term or phrase: droplet spread
Definition from Kaiser Family Foundation:
Also droplet transmission. A mode of transmission for a contagious disease that involves relatively large, short-range (less than 6 feet) respiratory droplets produced by sneezing, coughing, or talking.

Example sentence(s):
  • "It can be inhaled if you are very close to the patient, if you are creating aerosolization," says Balkhy. But she said past clinical experience with other severe coronaviruses, SARS and MERS, supports the idea that these viruses mainly spread via droplet transmission. NPR
  • While research on the effectiveness of universal mask wearing for reducing respiratory droplet transmission is still thin, there is evidence to support it. The Eagle
  • “If it could easily exist as an aerosol, we would be seeing much greater levels of transmission,” said epidemiologist Michael LeVasseur of Drexel University. “And we would be seeing a different pattern in who’s getting infected. With droplet spread, it’s mostly to close contacts. But if a virus easily exists as an aerosol, you could get it from people you share an elevator with.” Stat News
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Spanish translation:Transmisión por gotitas
Definition:
Forma de transmisión de microorganismos que son expelidos en gotas (de > 5 u) mediante la tos, estornudo, al hablar o durante procedimientos, como aspiración de secreciones. Estas gotas se desplazan sólo hasta un metro, y luego caen; no permanecen en suspensión.
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Summary of translations provided
4 +9Transmisión por gotitas
lserina
5 +1propagación por gotículas
Yvette Mendez


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
Transmisión por gotitas


Definition from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation:
Forma de transmisión de microorganismos que son expelidos en gotas (de > 5 u) mediante la tos, estornudo, al hablar o durante procedimientos, como aspiración de secreciones. Estas gotas se desplazan sólo hasta un metro, y luego caen; no permanecen en suspensión.

Example sentence(s):
  • si en algún momento fuera necesario establecer medidas para evitar la transmisión del rinovirus, lo más importante serían las medidas de contacto, pero también se debe usar mascarilla, por la transmisión por gotitas. - Medwave  
  • transmisión por Gotitas: En esta forma de transmisión los microorganismos son expelidos en gotas (de > 5 u) mediante la tos, estornudo, al hablar o durante procedimientos, como aspiración de secreciones. Estas gotas se desplazan sólo hasta un metro, y luego caen; no permanecen en suspensión. - Publicaciones Medicina Univ. Comillas  
  • TRANSMISION POR GOTITAS Se generan al toser, estornudar y hablar, así como al realizar ciertos procedimientos (aspiración, fisioterápia o broncoscopia) Se precisan distancias inferiores a 1 metro - Hospital Universitario La Princesa  
lserina
Local time: 12:51
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Mónica Algazi: o microgotas.
1 hr
Yes  Maria Kisic: O microgotas
1 hr
Yes  María C Turri
2 hrs
Yes  Alberto Gómez Herrera: Varios ejemplos en noticias y artículos emplean este y "microgota" como traducciones válidas (generalmente expresada como "respiratory droplet spread" o "transmisión por gotas respiratorias"). Buena sugerencia, sin duda.
3 hrs
Yes  José Huarancca
3 hrs
Yes  Carmen Riadi
4 hrs
Yes  Paul Staggs
5 hrs
Yes  Andrea Cerdán Cabrera (X)
5 hrs
Yes  Jenny Garcia
2 days 3 hrs
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1 day 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
propagación por gotículas


Definition from Centro para el Control y Prevención de :
gotículas: gotas pequeñitas

Example sentence(s):
Explanation:
Vivo en Santo Domingo y en el último mes en todos los noticieros y periódicos he visto repetidas veces el uso del término "gotículas" acuñada para la descripción del proceso de propagación del Covid19
Yvette Mendez
Local time: 06:51
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Verónica Lassa: gotículas es la palabra usada por la OMS (https://www.who.int/es/home/search?default=AND&f.contenttype...
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