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Airborne transmission — Edexcel GCSE Biology Definition | GradeGen

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Airborne transmission

GCSE Biology · key term

Airborne transmission

Definition

The spread of a pathogen through the air, for example in droplets breathed out by a person or in wind-blown fungal spores.

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Edexcel GCSE Biology · 1BI0

Specification 5.6 · Paper 1

Revise: Airborne Pathogens: Tuberculosis and Chalara Ash Dieback

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