Yes, either way.
The condition that is transmitted from one person to another either by direct or indirect contact with contaminated objects is known as a communicable or infectious disease. Examples include the common cold, influenza, and COVID-19.
It can be passed through sneezes but also through contact of mucous secretions on surfaces.
Influenza virus may be transmitted among humans in two ways: Ø by direct contact with infected individuals Ø by contact with contaminated objects (called fomites, such as toys, doorknobs)
Let us be correct and call these bacteria and/or virus or microbes. They each can be transmitted through direct contact, indirect contact or through the air. Direct contact includes touching with bare skin. Indirect contact is by leaving the microbes on a surface for someone else to pick up.
HIV is not airborne. It is transmitted by direct or indirect contact with an infected fluid.
Influenza, or the flu, is caused by a virus. It is infectious because it is transmitted by body fluids with contact to mucous membranes and can be transmitted via the airborne route.
GAS is usually transmitted via large respiratory droplets or direct contact with infected persons or carriers. It is rarely transmitted by indirect contact through objects.
Chicken pox is a viral infection that can be transmitted through direct contact with an infected person's cough, secretions, blisters and the like. The incubation period of this disease is 14-16 days after contact from the infected person.
A disease that is transmitted from one person to another is a communicable disease.
HIV is not transmitted airborne because the virus is not in the air droplets we breathe out. HIV is transmitted by direct or indirect contact with infected material.
One human disease caused by an RNA virus is influenza, which is transmitted through respiratory droplets. One human disease caused by a DNA virus is herpes, which is usually transmitted through direct contact with infected lesions or through sexual contact.
direct contact, fomite (indirect contact, object), vector (indirect contact, insect or animal), airborne (droplets, indirect contact)