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Is measles a airborne virus?
Yes, but can also be contracted by touching surfaces that an infected person has recently touched, and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.
How is influenza transmitted?
Influenza is primarily transmitted through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. It can also spread by touching surfaces or objects contaminated with the virus and then touching the mouth, nose, or eyes. Close contact with infected individuals increases the risk of transmission. The virus can survive on surfaces for several hours, making hygiene practices important for prevention.
How does the virus travel?
Through Bodily Fluids
How is cold transmitted from person to person?
The common cold is primarily transmitted through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. It can also spread by touching surfaces contaminated with the virus and then touching the face, especially the nose or mouth. Close contact with infected individuals increases the likelihood of transmission. Additionally, the cold virus can survive on surfaces for several hours, facilitating indirect contact transmission.
Can you get a staph infection by touching a paper that an infected person touched?
Can you get a staph infection by touching a paper that an infected person touched?
How does TB enter the body?
Tuberculosis is transmitted through infected saliva particles that leave a person's mouth when they cough. Coughing into ones hand, touching someone else, and that person touching their nose or mouth could transmit the disease. Tuberculosis is also airborne, meaning if you cough near someone, those particles could affect that person without you directly touching them as well.
What is the vector for a common cold?
The vector for a common cold is primarily respiratory viruses, with rhinoviruses being the most prevalent. These viruses are transmitted through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes, as well as by touching surfaces contaminated with the virus and then touching the face. Close contact with infected individuals is a significant risk factor for transmission.
How do ringworms start and what are the common ways of contracting this fungal infection?
Ringworm is a fungal infection that starts when a person comes into contact with the fungus that causes it. Common ways of contracting ringworm include direct contact with an infected person or animal, sharing contaminated items like towels or clothing, and touching contaminated surfaces.
How colds and influenza normally transmitted?
aspirated through the upper respiratory tract. Meaning you breath it in. It can also be transmitted by touching a contaminated surface and then touching the nose or eyes, but not through ingestation i.e. eating it
What are 3 ways that infectious diseases can be spread from one person to another?
Through direct contact, such as touching, kissing, or sexual activity. Through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Through contaminated surfaces or objects that an infected person has touched.
How do you contract ringworm in the first place?
Ringworm is a fungal infection that can be contracted through direct contact with an infected person or animal, or by touching contaminated objects like towels or clothing.
How does a human contract ringworm?
Ringworm is a fungal infection that humans can contract through direct contact with an infected person or animal, or by touching contaminated objects like towels or clothing.
