transmission mechanism

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   any mechanism whereby an infectious agent is spread from a reservoir to a human being

   Broadermechanism

   Narrowerairborne transmissiondirect transmissionindirect transmission

Questions about transmission mechanism

What does transmission mechanism mean?

transmission mechanism means "any mechanism whereby an infectious agent is spread from a reservoir to a human being".

Is transmission mechanism a common word?

transmission mechanism 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.