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00:59 Apr 29, 2020
English to Danish translations [PRO]
COVID-19 - Science - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-), Medical (general), Science (general), Journalism
English term or phrase: respiratory droplet
Definition from National Center for Biotechnology Info.:
The vehicle for airborne respiratory disease transmission are the droplets, which are the dried-out residual of droplets possibly containing infectious pathogens. Naturally produced aerosols will contain a range of droplet sizes, whose motion will depend significantly on various environmental factors, such as gravity, the direction and strength of local airflows, temperature and relative humidity. Coughing may produce up to 3000 droplets, about the same number as talking for five minutes.

Example sentence(s):
  • These are called respiratory droplets, and this is how experts think most people are getting sick with COVID-19. Due to the droplets´relatively large size, greater than 5 micrometres, they usually don´t travel very far, and they don´t stay in the air too long. But that's not the only type of droplet. Much smaller droplets can also be produced when we sneeze and cough, as well as when we talk and breathe. These are called bioaerosols, and they can travel a lot further, and can stay airborne for a longer period of time. Science Alert
  • Thus far, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other health agencies have insisted the primary route of transmission for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is through the larger respiratory droplets, up to 1 millimeter across, that people expel when they cough and sneeze. Science Mag
  • “This virus spreads through respiratory droplets,” Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a recent congressional hearing. It also spreads via “sneezing, coughing and hand contamination,” he said. LA Times
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5Dråbesmitte
Birgit Bonde Jensen


  

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Dråbesmitte


Definition from Patologi og farmakologi, Munksgaard 2010:
Dråbesmitte: smitte via dråber fra luftvejene spredt i rummet

Example sentence(s):
  • COVID-19-smitten er ikke luftbåren, men sker gennem dråbe-og kontaktsmitte, hvilket vil sige fra smådråber fra luftvejene, der spredes via host og nys, samt ved at spyt og snot med virus afsættes i omgivelserne og berøres af andre, der derved kan føre virus til an-sigtet. Da dråber fra luftvejene falder til jorden indenfor 1-2 meter, mindskes risikoen for dråbesmitte effektivt ved at holde afstand. - Sundhedsstyrelsen i Danmark  
  • Hvad er dråbesmitte? Ved dråbesmitte sker smitten sker via små væskepartikler i luften, hvori mikroorganismerne findes. Partiklerne har en diameter over 0.1 mm, og spreder sig derfor sjældent over 2 meter fra smittekilden. Grundet partikelstørrelsen kan de ikke inhaleres, men smitter ved kontakt med øjen-, næse- og mundslimhinden samt sår på huden, hvorfra infektionen så kan sprede sig Dråbesmitte forekommer oftest ved tale, nys eller hoste samt sprøjt fra opkast, pus, urin eller blod. - Sygdomsguiden.dk  
  • Dråbesmitte Infektionshygiejnisk Enhed, Store dråber (>100 μm) •Smitter ved hoste, nys og tale - Rigshospitalet, infektionshygiejnisk enh  
Birgit Bonde Jensen
Local time: 12:57
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 60
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