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horizontal transmission[‚här·ə¦zänt·əl tranz′mish·ən] (genetics) Passage of genetic information by invasive processes between individual organisms or cells of different species. horizontal transmission
transmission [trans-mish´un] 1. a passage or transfer, as of a disease from one individual to another, or of neural impulses from one neuron to another.2. the communication of inheritable qualities from parent to offspring.horizontal transmission the spread of an infectious agent from one individual to another, usually through contact with bodily excretions or fluids, such as sputum or blood, that contain the agent.vertical transmission transmission from one generation to another. The term is restricted by some to genetic transmission and extended by others to include also transmission of infection from one generation to the next, as by milk or through the placenta.hor·i·zon·tal trans·mis·siontransmission of infectious agents from an infected individual to a susceptible contemporary, in contradistinction to vertical transmission.horizontal transmission Epidemiology The transmission of an infection from one to another person of the same generation in the same population. Cf Hereditary transmission, Vertical transmission. hor·i·zon·tal trans·mis·sion (hōr'i-zon'tăl trans-mish'ŭn) Transmission of infectious agents from an infected individual to a susceptible contemporary, in contradistinction to vertical transmission. hor·i·zon·tal trans·mis·sion (hōr'i-zon'tăl trans-mish'ŭn) Transmission of infectious agents from an infected individual to a susceptible contemporary. LegalSeeTransmission |