Research:Close contact

Research

Variants and synonyms

• person-to-person contact
• (inter)personal contact

Definition/description

The average interpersonal distance during close contact was 0.81 m.

Source: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/4/1445

Epidemiological evidence shows that 2019-nCoV can be transmitted from person to person among close contacts possibly through respiratory droplets.

Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1551741120301182?via%3Dihub

Examples

It is spread by person-to-person contact through respiratory droplets of infected people.

Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11069-015-1628-7

The virus spread to other patients and to medical staff by close personal contact.

Source: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/4/10-1960_article

Collocations

• to avoid close contact
• to trace close contact between people
• to have close contact with sb
• to require close contact

Keyness

• close contact: 328
• person-to-person contact: > 1000
• (inter)personal contact: > 1000