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are not required to prevent droplet transmission

Spanish translation: no es necesario (intervenir el aire o la ventilación) para prevenir el contagio por microgotas

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English term or phrase:are not required to prevent droplet transmission
Spanish translation:no es necesario (intervenir el aire o la ventilación) para prevenir el contagio por microgotas
Entered by: Maria Gisella Gamez

01:30 Dec 5, 2009
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Medical: Health Care
English term or phrase: are not required to prevent droplet transmission
What will be the best way to translate this phrase from American English into Latin American Spanish?

Will be okay to translate as: de manera especial no evitará el contagio a través de ellas (gotitas respiratorias)?


Here is the full phrase:

Since droplets do not remain suspended in the air, special air handling and ventilation are not required to prevent droplet transmission.







It's the translation of a document about health.
yugoslavia
United States
Local time: 12:47
no es necesario (intervenir el aire o la ventilación) para prevenir el contagio por microgotas
Explanation:
no es necesario (intervenir el aire o la ventilación) para prevenir el contagio por microgotas
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Maria Gisella Gamez
Argentina
Local time: 13:47
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4no es necesario (intervenir el aire o la ventilación) para prevenir el contagio por microgotas
Maria Gisella Gamez
4no evitará/no se requiere para evitar el contagio a través de la transmisión aérea
Robert Copeland
4no se necesitan ni equipos de aire ni ventilación especiales para prevenir su transmisión.
sunflower200 (X)
4gotitas
Henry Colindres


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
no evitará/no se requiere para evitar el contagio a través de la transmisión aérea


Explanation:
por vía aérea: (a través del aire en gotas (gotitas de Pflüge)

Robert Copeland
United States
Local time: 12:47
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 77
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
no se necesitan ni equipos de aire ni ventilación especiales para prevenir su transmisión.


Explanation:
al decir "su" me refiero a la transmisión de las gotitas.

sunflower200 (X)
Local time: 13:47
Native speaker of: Spanish
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
no es necesario (intervenir el aire o la ventilación) para prevenir el contagio por microgotas


Explanation:
no es necesario (intervenir el aire o la ventilación) para prevenir el contagio por microgotas

Maria Gisella Gamez
Argentina
Local time: 13:47
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Gisella.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rafael Molina Pulgar
9 mins
  -> Gracias!! :-)
agree  Andrea Vanya: de acuerdo
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias, Andrea! :)
agree  jacana54 (X)
9 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Lucía! :)
agree  Cecilia Welsh
21 hrs
  -> Gracias, Lady! :))
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
gotitas


Explanation:
El virus del sarampión se transmite por las secreciones respiratorias, predominantemente por la
exposición a aerosoles, pero también por contacto directo con gotitas grandes.

(Extracto del libro de texto "Tratado de Medicina Interna" Harrison

Henry Colindres
Local time: 10:47
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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