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Parasite/pathogen
Transmission chains
Question | Answer |
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Disease transmission | - pathogen leaves host resevoir and moves to another through a mode of transmission ie. airbourne, contact, vector etc |
What are resevoirs? | - where a pathogen normally occurs - they can be animal (including human) or environmental (e.g. the soil) - not always symptomatic |
What is the portal of exit? | - route by which a pathogen escapes - usually go via route they typically infect ie. respiratory pathogens are airbourne - exception is faecal-oral route |