General Knowledge About Infection Flashcards
Method of transmission from person to person
Diret transmission
Six links in the chain of infection
S usceptible H ost
A gent
R eservoir
E ntry
M ode of transmission
E xit
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Method of transmission: if source and the host are withi 3 feet of each other ( coughing, talking, singing )
Droplet transmissio
Method of transmission: any substance that provides a means of transport and introduces a pathogen into a host. (Handkerchief, food, milk, blood and eatingutensils)
Vehicle-birne transmission
Method of transmission: any animal and crawling or flying insects (rat , cockroaches, flies)
Vector-birne transmission
Infammatory responses
Rubor -redness
Calor -
Tumor -
Dolor -
Immune response that the host produces its own antibodies upon exposure to antigens (infection or vaccine)
Active immunity
Immune response that the host recueves natural or artificial antibodies by another source (milk from nursing mother)
Passive immunity