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Why is it better to use the term transmission when describing how diseases are spread rather than saying passed from person to person?
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∙ 12y ago
because disease is not always spread through humans it can also be spread through animals, water that has be contaminated with feces and food. There are many ways for diseases to be spread
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∙ 12y ago
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Why are communicable diseases potentially more dangerous than non-communicable diseases in a community?
Because non-communicable diseases are not passed from one person to another - communicable diseases are.
What kind of disease can be passed from one person to another?
Diseases that can be passed to anther person would be those communicable diseases specifically those that can be contracted through infected fluids of the body, infected food and the like.
Diseases passed from person to person through the air or by contact are .?
They can cause many different illnesses.
What is the definition of an STD?
STD is an acronym for Sexually Transmitted Disease, which means any disease which is commonly passed from person to person by sexual activity. Sometimes these diseases can also be passed along by other methods, such as HIV.
Infectious diseases that are passed from person to person during sexual contact is called sexually?
sexually transmitted disease or STD
What does mode of transmission mean?
"Means of transmission" is how something is moved from one place to another; it is commonly used in the context of diseases or infections, in otherwords how a diseases is passed from one person to another (or one animal to another). Another description is a vector or agent of transmission.With respect to diseases the Means of transmission could refer to such things as body fluids (saliva, blood, semen, sweat etc.).
What are cummunicable diseases?
Communicable diseases are diseases that can be passed from one person to another. These include all STDs, such as AIDS, as well as many other diseases.
Why are communicable diseases potentially more dangerous than non-communicable diseases in a community?
Because non-communicable diseases are not passed from one person to another - communicable diseases are.
What diseases can be passed through person to person?
i think meningitis
What are diseases that can be passed from one organism to another?
Rabies, plagues.
Can you get something from doing your gurl in the butt?
There are diseases that can be passed this way. Be careful!
When a disease can be passed from person to person it is referred to as a diseases?
Communicable or Contagious.
What are the diseases that comes from the parents to their off springs and its cure?
Diseases that are passed from the parents to their offspring are called Hereditary diseases. Whether or not there is a cure or treatment would depend on what disease it is.
What is the definiton of a flu that originates in animals and infects humans?
Diseases passed to humans from animals are called zoonoses.
How are hereditary diseases are passed from generation to another?
They are caused by abnormal genes and so are passed from one generation to the other on the DNA.
What turns on the back up lights on a 2003 Chrysler town and country?
A signal from the range sensor inside the transmission is passed from the transmission computer to the under hood fuse box. It turns the lights on.A signal from the range sensor inside the transmission is passed from the transmission computer to the under hood fuse box. It turns the lights on.
When a woman has Mitochondrial Myopathy can it be passed through her son to his children?
No. Mitochondrial diseases are passed on only by mothers. So, she will pass it to her son. But her son will not be able to pass it to his children, since mitochondrial diseases are passed solely by women. Most (if not all) mitochondrial DNA are of maternal origin.
