What are some ways that disease spread?

Answer 1

Diseases can be spread ten ways that I know of:

1. Through the air, i.e. by people coughing, sneezing or breathing on you. This is called droplet infection since their breath contains tiny water droplets, containing the harmful microbe. e.g. the flu and influenza.

2. Eating contaminated food, such as chicken i.e.food poisoning.

3. Drinking contaminated water. For example, if sewage has gotten into your drinking water you could catch Salmonella andE-Coli.

4. During sexual intercourse diseases can be passed from one person to another, i.e. syphilis (bacterial); yeast; HPV (viral).

5. Through a cut. For example, if you punctured your foot by stepping on a rusty nail, you could catch Tetanus which is fatal if untreated.

6. From mother to baby through the placenta, i.e.Rubella.

7. Through blood. For example, drug addicts sharing needles could catch HIV. (Human Immunodeficiency virus) Although the USA blood donor supply is scrutinized through massivepre-testing, recipients of donor blood can contact hepatitis, HIV, etc.

8. By touching people. e.g. fungus or bacterial infections. Or by stepping barefoot in public shower areas, i.e. Athletes Foot which is caused by a fungus.

9. Animal bites can spread diseases. for example mosquitoes can carry malaria and dogs can carry rabies.

10. Depressed auto-immune systems or an existing condition which makes a person susceptible to many infections. For example, diabetes can lead to urinary infections and skin or vaginal yeast infections.

Answer 2

• There is direct contact: person to person, animal to person and mother to unborn child
• There is indirect contact: doorknob, phone, etc.
• There is droplet transmission: sneezing, coughing, etc.
• There is particle transmission: air particles can transfer Infectious Diseases
• There is Bites and Stings: mosquitoes, lice, ticks, etc.
• There is Food Contamination: food, beverages, ice. I.E.-> A person may sneeze in the ice tray at their work, scoop the ice to put in your soda and you drink it. Ice is just as easily contaminated as any food!

Answer 3

first is by touching the area that has the diseases spread then it touching any where it can enter your body. then also if you have a weak immune system you could get sick just like that.and if u are very very unclean that can make you sick too!and that's it mainly

Answer 4

Usually through the fluids of the body. Both direct contact and indirect contact. Example would be contact with infected blood or reproductive secretions. Many common diseases, such as influenza, may be transmitted through droplets of saliva from coughing or sneezing, which can be inhaled or leave a residue on hands and other surfaces. Other infections, such as cholera, may be transmitted though contect with feces or water and surfaces with fecal contamination

Answer 5

They are spread by being airborne, or through fluids (blood or saliva), direct contact, or sexual contact.

Answer 6

Bacterially Virally body fluids, air, coming into contact with a diseased person

Answer 7

Through lots of ways person to person if you touch somehting that is dieseased not washing hands... THROUGH THE AIR

Answer 8

through air e.g T.B. contact e.g.colds