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transmission of infectious diseases
- In infectious disease: The inanimate environment
…so, they are known as fomites.
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yellow fever research
- In Walter Reed
…yellow fever was spread by fomites—i.e., articles such as bedding and clothing that had been used by a yellow-fever patient. As late as 1898 a U.S. official report ascribed the spread to this cause. Meanwhile, other methods of transmission had been suggested. In 1881 the Cuban physician and epidemiologist Carlos…
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