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What is the condition that is transmitted from one person to another either by direct or indirect contact with contaminated objects?
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.
Is influenza the disease caused by aerosol?
It can be passed through sneezes but also through contact of mucous secretions on surfaces.
What are the transmission's of influenza?
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)
What are three ways in which germs are transmitted?
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.
Is HIV an airborn disease?
HIV is not airborne. It is transmitted by direct or indirect contact with an infected fluid.
What is the infectious agent for the disease influenza?
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.
What is the mode of transmission for streptococcus pyogenes?
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.
How is chickenpox transmitted and what is the incubation period?
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.
What kind of disease is transmitted from one person to another by direct or indirect contact?
A disease that is transmitted from one person to another is a communicable disease.
Why can't you catch AIDS by getting breathed on by an infected person?
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.
Name two human disease caused by RNA viruses and DNA viruses and how are they transmitted?
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.
The four modes of transfer of pathogens?
direct contact, fomite (indirect contact, object), vector (indirect contact, insect or animal), airborne (droplets, indirect contact)
