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airborne disease

disease that is caused by pathogens and transmitted through the air for definite place to place spread throughout by concentration of pathogens and pattern of spreading
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airborne disease

Summary

airborne disease ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (355 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • airborne disease is a type of infectious disease[2].
  • airborne disease's Commons category is recorded as Airborne diseases[3].
  • airborne disease's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Airborne diseases[4].
  • airborne disease's has immediate cause is recorded as airborne transmission[5].
  • airborne disease's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject COVID-19[6].

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Definition and Type

airborne disease is a type of infectious disease[2].

Why It Matters

airborne disease ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (355 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

infectious disease

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). airborne disease. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/airborne-disease
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  1. 4d ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has immediate cause → airborne transmission
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Airborne diseases
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    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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