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What are the Principle Methods of Disease Spreading?
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1. Direct Contact
2. Indirect Contact 3. Airborne Disease 4. Formites 5. Accidental transmission 6. Insect Vectors 7. Zonoses 8. Nosocomial Infections |
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Direct Contact
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-Lesions
-Respiratory Secretions -Hands |
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Indirect Contact
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-person with pathogen transmits it to something else
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Airborne Diseases
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-particles floating in air form sneezes, saliva, open wound
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Formites
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inanimate, contaminated object
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Accidental transmission
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-via inhalation
-self-injection |
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Insect vectors
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carried on or inside body
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Zonoses
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-Transmitted by "lower" animals
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Nosocomial infections
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Infections caught in hospital (from the house)
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