droplet infection

American  

noun

1. infection spread by airborne droplets of secretions from the nose, throat, or lungs.

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Etymology

Origin of droplet infection

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The disease was carried by rats who had infected fleas, and also transmitted by droplet infection, such as people coughing on each other.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2023

At an inquest examining the deaths of the two women, held in Maidstone, the surgeon was asked if there could have been a droplet infection at the time of the operations.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023

And it started with a “virgin soil” epidemic of a deadly “new” disease spread by droplet infection which had no immediate cure — like the coronavirus.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2021

And more fundamentally, a droplet infection like COVID-19 spreads much more rapidly and impacts millions more people than a sexually or parenterally transmitted infection like HIV.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

That means that the remaining danger is droplet infection.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2020