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What is ortho zoonosis disease?
In ortho-zoonosis there's no developmental change during transmission. It happens by direct contact or by a mechanical vector. e.g. rabies, brucellosis, trichinellosis.
Does rabies cause food poisoning?
No. Rabies is a disease unto itself and does not (at least normally) use food as a vector.
Can rabies transmitted from person to person?
"A vector is an animal, insect, or living organism that can carry and transmit communicable diseases to humans. The abatement or proper handling of vectors is important to the prevention of human illness." - http://www.yolocounty.org/org/Health/eh/general/bitesandvectors.asp#vector Therefore, a bat, a skunk, a dog or whatever animal carrying rabies is a vector... meaning rabies (a communicable disease) is a vector transmitted disease.
What are the 4 ways to transmit infectious disease?
Air,water, contact with a carrier, or transmission from a vector.
Are raccoons more apt to get rabies?
Yes, because of their life style they are quite prone to rabies and in some areas are a prime vector for the disease.
What do you call it when a dog spreads rabies?
transmission
Can I get rabies from a cat bite?
Yes, it is possible to get rabies from a cat bite if the cat is infected with the rabies virus. It is important to seek medical attention if you are bitten by a cat to determine the risk of rabies transmission and receive appropriate treatment.
What is a Vector that aids in the transmission of sleeping sickness?
trypanosoma
What is the genetic material of rabies?
all i know is that people with rabies are scared of water
What things hydrophobia fear?
Nounhydrophobia (plurSaveal hydrophobias)(pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; rabies itself.Fear of water (colloquial, fear of water is technically called aquaphobia, so not to be confused with rabies).
What is disease vector?
A vector is simply an organisms which serves to carry or transport a disease, for example the mosquito (an arthropod) carrying the protozoan malaria parasite. Hence a non-arthropod vector would be a vector outside phylum Arthropoda, for instance, a dog (a vertebrate, from phylum Chordata) carrying the rabies virus.
Can a cat catch rabies from ingestion?
No. The transmission of rabies is through saliva. It requires a bite, or infected saliva entering an open wound, eye, or nose.
