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Spreading pathogens Flashcards

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Food

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Pathogen enters body through mouth

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Water

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rare in developed counties as they treat water for pathogens and keep good hygiene.
Poorer countries tend to have worse hygiene

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Air

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Sneezing, coughing
Viruses can survive for a day, TB can survive for months
CAD (Fungi) gets carried long distances by wind

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Vector :

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Organisms that carry/spread diseases
- Mosquitos with Malaria

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