Modes of transmission of diseases Flashcards
What is airborne/droplet transmission?
Airborne/droplet - when someone sneezes, coughs or talks, many particles containing an infectious pathogen can spread to another person
What is direct contact transmission?
Direct contact - infectious diseases can be carried and transmitted through close bodily contact such as shaking hands and hugging.
What is indirect contact transmission?
Indirect contact - having no contact but contracting an infectious disease by touching contaminated surfaces and objects.
What is vector transmission?
Vector transmission - transmission of disease by mosquitoes and fleas by transmitting highly infectious pathogens.
Distinguish the differences of a pandemic and epidemic
Epidemics is the rapid spread of an infectious disease to a large number of people within a short period of time. It is the consistent presence of a disease in a given area and is usually at an endemic level.
whereas, pandemics are the Increasing rate of transmission to a larger amount of people outside of the region, continent or country and are above endemic levels.
