A person must touch another person who is infected
Contact Transmission:
How is a disease spread through direct contact?
How is a disease spread through direct contact?
Uses an inanimate object called a Fomite
Contact Transmission:
How is a disease spread through indirect contact?
How is a disease spread through indirect contact?
Money, combs, needles, underwear, shopping carts, door handles, soap dispenders
Contact Transmission:
Give examples of common fomites.
Give examples of common fomites.
Droplet nuclei of mucus over a short distance
Contact Transmission:
How is a disease spread through droplet transmission?
How is a disease spread through droplet transmission?
Less than 1 meter
Contact Transmission:
What is the distance in which a droplet nuclei would travel to achieve the spread of disease?
What is the distance in which a droplet nuclei would travel to achieve the spread of disease?
Sneezing, laughing, talking
Contact Transmission:
How is a droplet nuclei released?
How is a droplet nuclei released?
Nonliving media transmit the pathogen
Vehicle Transmission:
What occurs during vehicle transmission?
What occurs during vehicle transmission?
Through contaminated water that is ingested, inhaling spores from dust, droplet nuclei of mucus, or eating contaminated food
Vehicle Transmission:
How does media transmit the pathogen?
How does media transmit the pathogen?
An animal that transmits disease
Vector Transmission:
What is a vector?
What is a vector?
1) Mechanical vector
2) Biological vector
2) Biological vector
Vector Transmission:
Name the two common types of vectors.
1)
2)
Name the two common types of vectors.
1)
2)
Passive or accidental transmission of a pathogen from an animal rubbing against a human host
Vector Transmission:
What is a mechanical vector?
What is a mechanical vector?
Active transmission that is purposeful and part of the microbes life cycle, such as, a bite.
Vector Transmission:
What is a biological vector? Provide an example.
What is a biological vector? Provide an example.
