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The major reservoir for infectious diseases for humans is

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Human body

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Other reservoirs

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ANIMAL
SOIL
WATER

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Animal

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Diseases transmitted to humans from animals are known as zoonoses

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Animal- groups likely to contract the disease

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Young children, agricultural workers, animal care workers…

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Soil

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The soil contains millions of different microorganisms but most of them are not responsible for diseases in humans

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Soil infectious diseases examples

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Tetanus (Clostridlum tetani)

Toxoplasmosis (Protozoa- Toxoplasma gardii)

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Water

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Many microorganisms survive for differing periods of time in the water.

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Water infectious diseases examples

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Giardia (protozoa)

Typhoid fere (bacteria)

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Mechanisms of Transmission

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CONTACT
COMMON VEHICLE TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION BY VECTORS

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Contract transmission

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DIRECT CONTACT
INDIRECT CONTACT
RESPIRATORY DROPLETS

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Direct contact

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Close or intimate contact between the infected host and susceptible individual e.g. touch, sexual contact…

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Indirect contact

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Microbes transferred from one host to another via a non-living object (fomite) e.g. drink, door handles, keys, money…

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Respiratory droplets

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E.g. Sneezing, coughing, laughing, speaking can spread droplets from the upper respiratory tract.

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Common Vehicle Transmission

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AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION
WATER-BORNE TRANSMISSION
FOOD-BORNE TRANSMISSION

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Airborne transmission

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SARS, spores, anthrax, T.B

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Water-borne transmission

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Cholera, hepatitis, polio, typhoid

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Food-borne transmission

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Salmonella, Staph avreus

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Transmission By Vectors

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MECHANICAL VECTORS

BIOLOGICAL VECTORS

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Mechanical vectors

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Fly- diarrhea, on the outside of an insects body

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Biological vectors

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Mosquito- malaria, plague. Inside an insects body

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Methods For Preventing Disease Transmission

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SANITATION
HYGIENE PRACTICES
IMMUNISATION
ISOLATION
TREATMENT
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Sanitation

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Clean drinking water, collection of rubbish, sewage treatment.

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Hygiene Practices

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Protocols around food prep, storage … and broken skin

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Immunisation

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Exposure to microbes (not pathogenic) so immunity is developed E.g Vaccination

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Isolation

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Keeping contagious people out of contact with uninfected people

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Treatment

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To use antimicrobials to treat the infectious disease

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