Transmission Of Pathogens Flashcards
1
Q
Direct contact Examples
A
- Bodily fluids e.g bacterial meningitis
- skin to skin e.g. ringworm
- microorganisms in faeces e.g. diarrhoeal disease
2
Q
Vectors
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From 1 host to another
Mosquitoes => malaria
Dogs bats foxes => rabies
3
Q
Vectors between animals and humans
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Tick bite fever
Dogs => us - ringworm rabies worms
Cats => us - cat scratch disease + toxoplasma
4
Q
Ingestion
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E.g. contaminated food or water => dysentery
5
Q
Droplet infection
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Saliva + mucus - expelled from talking coughing or sneezing
6
Q
Inoculation
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- break in skin + contact with infected blood = HIV/AIDS
- animal bite - rabies
- puncture wound/ sharing needles - septicaemia
7
Q
Fomites
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From inanimate objects like bedding socks and cosmetics
Can spread staph infections and gas gangrene
8
Q
What increases chance of catching disease
A
Climate change
Culture and infrastructure
