Horizontal and Vertical Transmission Flashcards
Is BVDV vertically or horizontally transmitted?
Vertically
What is an anterior station route of infection?
Transmission from the bite of an infected organism
What is Horizontal transmission?
Transmission of an infectious disease agent (bacterium, virus, fungus, etc.), usually between members of the same species that are not parent and child.
Is Lyme disease an example of zoonosis or reverse zoonosis?
Zoonosis
What is vertical transmission
Transmission of an infection from the parental generation to their offspring.
How is Malaria transmitted and is it vertical or horizontal?
Transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito and is a horizontal transmission.
Is Chlamydia vertically or horizontally transmitted?
Vertically
What term is used when an infection is transmitted from an animal to a human?
Zoonosis
Is typhus horizontally or vertically transmitted?
Horizontally
Is rabies an example of Zoonosis or reverse Zoonosis?
Zoonosis
How is the bubonic plague transmitted and is it vertical or horizontal?
Usually transmitted by an infected flea and is horizontal
What is the term for an infection transmitted from human to animal?
Reverse zoonosis
Is Syphilis an example of vertical or horizontal transmission?
Vertical
What is a posterior station route of transmission and is it vertical or horizontal
Infection caused by contact with infected feces and is horizontal.
Is Chagas horizontal or vertical?
Horizontal
