Inoculation of a microorganism obtained by contact with a lesion on one's own body, producing a secondary infection.

Transfer of germs from one part of one's own body to another. Bacterial Vaginosis: A type of vaginal infection caused by the overgrowth of a number or organisms that are normally found in the vagina.

spread of infection by an individual from one part of their body to another, usually by means of the hands.

The spread of a microorganism such as a virus from one part the body to another.

To inoculate with a pathogen such as a virus from one's own body.

of herpes simplex virus The spread of Herpes from one part of the body to another.

Autoinoculation is the process in which cells are removed from a person's body, medically altered, then reinserted into the same person again.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002218.htm US National Library of Medicine. URL last accessed September 9, 2006.