infectiousness
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- noun
- /ɪnˈfɛkʃəsnəs/
- Specialized
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infectividad
- The infectiousness of the flu virus can lead to outbreaks in crowded environments.
- presymptomatic infectiousness
- reduces infectiousness
When you well within a few days you reach the peak infectiousness.
- When you well within a few days you reach the peak infectiousness.
- And so we're talking about like on the scale of infectiousness that, you know, the Wuhan can just original string can just go home compared to this, right?
Examples
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Our study provides estimates of the infectiousness of children under 5 years of age and adults (with the former being much more infectious) on which to base such simulations.
Academic text (2013) -
This finding makes sense because the duration of infectiousness is a major determinant of disease transmission.
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Applicants were classified according to the presence and infectiousness of TB.
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Furthermore, we assumed that infectiousness does not vary over the course of Ebola virus infection.
Academic text (2015) -
Different studies offer widely varying estimates regarding the infectiousness of an anthrax aerosol release.
Academic text (2005) -
Foreign trade and travel would be reduced or even ended in an attempt to stop the virus from entering new countries—even though such efforts would probably fail given the infectiousness of influenza and the volume of illegal crossings that occur at most borders.
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Antiviral drugs are believed to reduce disease severity and duration of infectiousness in individual patients, if taken sufficiently early (9), and to protect contacts of infected persons, if taken prophylactically (13-15).
Academic text (2015) -
Health officials monitor the infectiousness of diseases to prevent widespread transmission.
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The study highlighted the infectiousness of COVID-19, emphasizing the need for public health measures.
Synonyms
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7.1
How easily a germ or disease spreads and makes people sick
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7.2
How easily a disease or virus spreads from one person to another
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6.0
How easily a disease spreads from person to person
How easily a virus spreads between people
How easily something like a disease or behavior spreads between people
How easily something like a disease or idea moves between people
How Infectious
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6.0
- Specialized
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4.1
- Specialized
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7.2
- Specialized
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7.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
infectiousness = infectious + infectious (transparent) = infect + ious + ness
Built by straightforward noun formation from the adjective 'infectious' indicating the quality of being able to spread disease.
Etymology
Infectiousness comes from the verb infect, which is made of Latin parts in- 'into' and facere 'to make', the same root you see in factory, a place that makes things. So infectiousness is the quality of 'making someone sick', which explains why it describes how easily a disease spreads.