1. 2.02 Transmitting Infection
Direct contact
Indirect contact
2.02 Transmitting Infection
Airborne
Vector-borne

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Direct contact
Person to person
Animal to person
Mother to unborn child
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Indirect contact
Pathogens are passed along on inanimate objects
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Airborne
Pathogens are carried through the air
Cling to surroundings and are spread
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Vector-borne
Insects carry pathogen from host to host
Flea
Mosquito
Tick
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6. How you get an infection…
Causative agent
Reservoir
Portal of exit
Mode of transmission
Portal of entry
Susceptible host
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Chain of Infection
Causative agent
Source or
reservoir
Susceptible host
Portal of entry
Portal of exit
Mode of transmission
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Causative agent
pathogen
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Reservoir
area where the pathogen can live
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Portal of exit
way for the pathogen to escape from the reservoir
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Mode of transmission
way for pathogen to be transmitted
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Portal of entry
way to enter new reservoir
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Susceptible host
able to be affected
person likely to get sick
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Remember
If any part of the chain is eliminated, the spread of infection or disease is stopped.
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