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- noun
mutual infection betweeninfected objects, animals, etc
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Examples
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Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board is investigating the cross-infection, which is linked to three other confirmed cases.
WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011
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As soon as someone picks one out, they butcher it with bare hands right there on site, so there is plenty of opportunity for cross-infection to occur among different animals.
Disease-Hunting Scientists: Jonathan Epstein and the search for SARS ewillett 2009
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“It is therefore accepted that cross-infection occurred.”
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Oh dear Kate - send for the paramedics - you're obviously not at all well entering a fabric shop and not finding something to buy - hope it's not catching, mind you my DH will probably be sending me round for cross-infection if it is contageous!
Journal Quilt Project - Week 16 katelnorth 2008
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“It is therefore accepted that cross-infection occurred.”
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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“It is therefore accepted that cross-infection occurred.”
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Influenza-infected chickens raise the risk of cross-infection to pigs in the same area, scientists say.
David Kirby: Mexican Lawmaker: Factory Farms Are "Breeding Grounds" of Swine Flu Pandemic 2009
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According to Dr.D. Mehta, this is "an alarming problem, especially in the hospital environment with probability of cross-infection."
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He said appropriate action to deal with the outbreak would include temporary isolation wards, proper ventilation in wards to reduce cross-infection and allowing international health agencies like the World Health Organisation and the Centres for Disease
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I still have no treatment for Linnea's system, so we have to hope very much there's no cross-infection going on.
Thrush update ailbhe 2005
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