MIDTERM Flashcards
ORDER OF CHAIN OF INFECTION
INFECTIOUS AGENT, RESERVOIR, PORTAL OF EXIT, MODE OF TRANSMISSION, PORTAL OF ENTRY, SUSCEPTIBLE HOST
- Causative agent.
- Can be any disease causing microorganism or pathogen.
- Can be bacteria, virus, fungi or parasite
- It is located in the reservoir
INFECTIOUS AGENT
- Where microorganism normally lives and reproduces
- Habitat where reagent commonly lives, grows and multiplies
- May/may not be source from which reagent is transferred to a host
RESERVOIR
- Route of escape of the pathogen coming from reservoir
- Path na tutunguhin to leave its host
PORTAL OF EXIT
T OR F. portal of exit corresponds with side opposite of where pathogen is glutanized
FALSE.- Usually corresponds with the side where pathogen is glutanized
Once the organism/infectious agent is liberated from reservoir towards the portal of exit, it can now be transmitted by
way of route of transmission
MODES OF TRANSMISSION
- Can be: direct and indirect
- Direct
Direct contact
droplet spread - Indirect
Airborne
Vehicle borne
Vector borne
- In direct transmission, an infectious agent is transferred from a reservoir to a susceptible host by direct contact or droplet spread.
DIRECT
- occurs through skin to skin contact, kissing and sexual intercourse
- also direct contact with soil or vegetation harbouring organisms
DIRECT CONTACT
- refers to spray with relatively large, short-range aerosols produced by sneezing, couging or even talking
- b
DROPLET SPREAD
SIZE NG DROPLET
- More than 5 microns size of droplet
close contact with infected person (atleast 3 ft) droplets will land directly in mucous membrane (eyes, nose. mouth) of susceptible person
o Grounded transmission
- Transfer of infectious agent from reservoir to host through suspended air particles, inanimate object (food or water) , animate intermediary fly vectors
INDIRECT
- occurs when infectious agents are carried by dust or droplet nuclei suspended in air
AIRBORNE
- includes material that has settled on surfaces and becomes resuspended in aircurrents as well as infectious particles blown from the soil by the wind
airborne dusts
- dried droplet residue SIZE
<5 microns in size
- may remain suspended in the air for long periods of time and may be blown over great distances.
AIRBORNE
- yung mga airborne dust particles or airborne droplet to kaya magaan meaning pwede siya long distance.
Dehydrated particles
- through food, waterm biologic products(blood), fomites (inanimate objects)
VEHICLEBORNE
- through food, waterm biologic products(blood), fomites (inanimate objects)
VEHICLEBORNE
- pwedeng magprovide siya ng environment in which agent grows, multiplies or produces toxins
- may passively carry a pathogen
- purely mechanical because food/water may not support growth and changes in the agent
VEHICLE-BORNE
- Mosquitos, fleas or ticks
VECTOR BORNE
2 TYPE OF VECTOR
Can be mechanical or biological vectors
dadalin bacteria from one host to infected to tas dadalin niya lang agent. No changes in agent.
o Mechanical vectors