indirect transmission

1. 1.

   a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred to the person by a fomite of vector

   Broadertransmission mechanism

   Narrowervector-borne transmissionvehicle-borne transmission

Questions about indirect transmission

What does indirect transmission mean?

indirect transmission means "a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred to the person by a fomite of vector".

Is indirect transmission a common word?

indirect transmission is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.